diff --git a/src/crewai/cli/cli.py b/src/crewai/cli/cli.py
index 43dc90eed..a1c003631 100644
--- a/src/crewai/cli/cli.py
+++ b/src/crewai/cli/cli.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+from importlib.metadata import version as get_version
 from typing import Optional
 
 import click
-import pkg_resources
 
 from crewai.cli.add_crew_to_flow import add_crew_to_flow
 from crewai.cli.create_crew import create_crew
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from .update_crew import update_crew
 
 
 @click.group()
-@click.version_option(pkg_resources.get_distribution("crewai").version)
+@click.version_option(get_version("crewai"))
 def crewai():
     """Top-level command group for crewai."""
 
@@ -52,16 +52,16 @@ def create(type, name, provider, skip_provider=False):
 def version(tools):
     """Show the installed version of crewai."""
     try:
-        crewai_version = pkg_resources.get_distribution("crewai").version
+        crewai_version = get_version("crewai")
     except Exception:
         crewai_version = "unknown version"
     click.echo(f"crewai version: {crewai_version}")
 
     if tools:
         try:
-            tools_version = pkg_resources.get_distribution("crewai-tools").version
+            tools_version = get_version("crewai")
             click.echo(f"crewai tools version: {tools_version}")
-        except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+        except Exception:
             click.echo("crewai tools not installed")
 
 
diff --git a/src/crewai/telemetry/telemetry.py b/src/crewai/telemetry/telemetry.py
index aa0f8b9ff..984a4938d 100644
--- a/src/crewai/telemetry/telemetry.py
+++ b/src/crewai/telemetry/telemetry.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import os
 import platform
 import warnings
 from contextlib import contextmanager
+from importlib.metadata import version
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Optional
 
 
@@ -16,10 +17,6 @@ def suppress_warnings():
         yield
 
 
-with suppress_warnings():
-    import pkg_resources
-
-
 from opentelemetry import trace  # noqa: E402
 from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.http.trace_exporter import (
     OTLPSpanExporter,  # noqa: E402
@@ -106,7 +103,7 @@ class Telemetry:
             self._add_attribute(
                 span,
                 "crewai_version",
-                pkg_resources.get_distribution("crewai").version,
+                version("crewai"),
             )
             self._add_attribute(span, "python_version", platform.python_version())
             self._add_attribute(span, "crew_key", crew.key)
@@ -308,7 +305,7 @@ class Telemetry:
             self._add_attribute(
                 span,
                 "crewai_version",
-                pkg_resources.get_distribution("crewai").version,
+                version("crewai"),
             )
             self._add_attribute(span, "tool_name", tool_name)
             self._add_attribute(span, "attempts", attempts)
@@ -328,7 +325,7 @@ class Telemetry:
             self._add_attribute(
                 span,
                 "crewai_version",
-                pkg_resources.get_distribution("crewai").version,
+                version("crewai"),
             )
             self._add_attribute(span, "tool_name", tool_name)
             self._add_attribute(span, "attempts", attempts)
@@ -348,7 +345,7 @@ class Telemetry:
             self._add_attribute(
                 span,
                 "crewai_version",
-                pkg_resources.get_distribution("crewai").version,
+                version("crewai"),
             )
             if llm:
                 self._add_attribute(span, "llm", llm.model)
@@ -367,7 +364,7 @@ class Telemetry:
             self._add_attribute(
                 span,
                 "crewai_version",
-                pkg_resources.get_distribution("crewai").version,
+                version("crewai"),
             )
             self._add_attribute(span, "crew_key", crew.key)
             self._add_attribute(span, "crew_id", str(crew.id))
@@ -393,7 +390,7 @@ class Telemetry:
             self._add_attribute(
                 span,
                 "crewai_version",
-                pkg_resources.get_distribution("crewai").version,
+                version("crewai"),
             )
             self._add_attribute(span, "crew_key", crew.key)
             self._add_attribute(span, "crew_id", str(crew.id))
@@ -474,7 +471,7 @@ class Telemetry:
             self._add_attribute(
                 span,
                 "crewai_version",
-                pkg_resources.get_distribution("crewai").version,
+                version("crewai"),
             )
             self._add_attribute(span, "crew_key", crew.key)
             self._add_attribute(span, "crew_id", str(crew.id))
@@ -543,7 +540,7 @@ class Telemetry:
             self._add_attribute(
                 crew._execution_span,
                 "crewai_version",
-                pkg_resources.get_distribution("crewai").version,
+                version("crewai"),
             )
             self._add_attribute(
                 crew._execution_span, "crew_output", final_string_output