diff --git a/deform/renderer.py b/deform/renderer.py
index b8cb6926..0dfa5ab2 100644
--- a/deform/renderer.py
+++ b/deform/renderer.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Renderer."""
 
-from pkg_resources import resource_filename
+# Standard Library
+from importlib.resources import files
 
 # Deform
 import deform
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ def translator(term):
     paths = []
     for path in search_path:
         pkg, resource_name = path.split(":")
-        paths.append(resource_filename(pkg, resource_name))
+        paths.append(str(files(pkg).joinpath(resource_name)))
 
     deform.form.Form.default_renderer = deform.ZPTRendererFactory(
         tuple(paths) + default_paths, translator=translator
diff --git a/deform/template.py b/deform/template.py
index 7a82b4d0..9351701c 100644
--- a/deform/template.py
+++ b/deform/template.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 """Template."""
 
 # Standard Library
+from importlib.resources import files
 import os.path
 
 from chameleon.zpt.loader import TemplateLoader
-from pkg_resources import resource_filename
 from translationstring import ChameleonTranslate
 
 from .exception import TemplateError
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
     def load(self, filename, *args, **kwargs):
         if ":" in filename:
             pkg_name, fn = filename.split(":", 1)
-            filename = resource_filename(pkg_name, fn)
+            filename = str(files(pkg_name).joinpath(fn))
         else:
             path, ext = os.path.splitext(filename)
             if not ext:
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class ZPTRendererFactory(object):
 
     If the template name is an asset spec (has a colon in it, e.g.
     ``mypackage:subdir/subdir2/mytemplate.pt``), use
-    ``pkg_resources.resource_filename`` to resolve it.
+    ``importlib.resources`` to resolve it.
     Otherwise, fall back to search-path-based machinery to resolve it.
 
     Allowing an asset spec allows users to specify templates without the
@@ -122,5 +122,5 @@ def load(self, template_name):
         return self.loader.load(template_name)
 
 
-default_dir = resource_filename("deform", "templates/")
+default_dir = str(files("deform").joinpath("templates"))
 default_renderer = ZPTRendererFactory((default_dir,))
diff --git a/deform/tests/test_field.py b/deform/tests/test_field.py
index 84e811e0..aed123c5 100644
--- a/deform/tests/test_field.py
+++ b/deform/tests/test_field.py
@@ -154,9 +154,10 @@ def test_set_default_resource_registry(self):
     def test_set_zpt_renderer(self):
         cls = self._getTargetClass()
         old = cls.default_renderer
-        from pkg_resources import resource_filename
+        # Standard Library
+        from importlib.resources import files
 
-        template_dir = resource_filename("deform", "templates/")
+        template_dir = str(files("deform").joinpath("templates"))
 
         class Field:
             oid = None
diff --git a/deform/tests/test_template.py b/deform/tests/test_template.py
index d7435229..bf605886 100644
--- a/deform/tests/test_template.py
+++ b/deform/tests/test_template.py
@@ -119,9 +119,10 @@ def _makeOne(self, dirs, **kw):
         return ZPTRendererFactory(dirs, **kw)
 
     def test_functional(self):
-        from pkg_resources import resource_filename
+        # Standard Library
+        from importlib.resources import files
 
-        default_dir = resource_filename("deform", "tests/fixtures/")
+        default_dir = str(files("deform").joinpath("tests/fixtures"))
         renderer = self._makeOne((default_dir,))
         result = renderer("test")
         self.assertEqual(result.strip(), str("<div>Test</div>"))
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0196deba..d0c00fae 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools<81.0.0", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools", "wheel"]
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 79
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 043482e7..a644fc31 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ def readfile(name):
     "peppercorn>=0.3",  # rename operation type
     "translationstring>=1.0",  # add format mapping with %
     "zope.deprecation",
-    "setuptools<81.0.0",
 ]
 
 lint_extras = [
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 27cbf2a3..0829b308 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ commands =
     python --version
     pytest {posargs:}
 deps =
-    setuptools<81.0.0
+    setuptools
 
 [testenv:py311-cover]
 commands =
     python --version
     pytest --cov {posargs:}
 deps =
-    setuptools<81.0.0
+    setuptools
 
 [testenv:lint]
 commands =
@@ -92,5 +92,5 @@ commands =
     # build wheel from sdist
     pip wheel -v --no-deps --no-index --no-build-isolation --wheel-dir {toxinidir}/dist --find-links {toxinidir}/dist deform
 deps =
-    setuptools<81.0.0
+    setuptools
     wheel