diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 112b2f61..e51c4c13 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
+## [0.9.13] 2021-01-29
+### Fixes
+- missing Python hard dependency: **packaging**
+ 
+
 ## [0.9.12] 2021-01-19
 ### Features
 - Arch
diff --git a/bauh/__init__.py b/bauh/__init__.py
index 4cd72d50..5d4e8696 100644
--- a/bauh/__init__.py
+++ b/bauh/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = '0.9.12'
+__version__ = '0.9.13'
 __app_name__ = 'bauh'
 
 import os
diff --git a/bauh/gems/appimage/controller.py b/bauh/gems/appimage/controller.py
index 821c6a5b..1a8cae55 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/appimage/controller.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/appimage/controller.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Set, Type, List, Tuple, Optional
 
 from colorama import Fore
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
+from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
 from bauh.api.abstract.context import ApplicationContext
 from bauh.api.abstract.controller import SoftwareManager, SearchResult, UpgradeRequirements, UpgradeRequirement, \
diff --git a/bauh/gems/arch/dependencies.py b/bauh/gems/arch/dependencies.py
index 1f9d588f..b611c126 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/arch/dependencies.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/arch/dependencies.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import traceback
 from threading import Thread
 from typing import Set, List, Tuple, Dict, Iterable
 
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
+from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
 from bauh.api.abstract.handler import ProcessWatcher
 from bauh.gems.arch import pacman, message, sorting, confirmation
diff --git a/bauh/gems/arch/mapper.py b/bauh/gems/arch/mapper.py
index 0dc1dc9d..3d363a73 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/arch/mapper.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/arch/mapper.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import traceback
 from typing import Optional
 
 from colorama import Fore
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
+from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
 from bauh.api.abstract.model import PackageStatus
 from bauh.api.http import HttpClient
diff --git a/bauh/gems/arch/updates.py b/bauh/gems/arch/updates.py
index 65fa7964..5bd33e27 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/arch/updates.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/arch/updates.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import traceback
 from threading import Thread
 from typing import Dict, Set, List, Tuple, Iterable, Optional
 
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
+from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
 from bauh.api.abstract.controller import UpgradeRequirements, UpgradeRequirement
 from bauh.api.abstract.handler import ProcessWatcher
diff --git a/bauh/gems/flatpak/__init__.py b/bauh/gems/flatpak/__init__.py
index 3bf219ab..4c1839dd 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/flatpak/__init__.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/flatpak/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
+from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
 from bauh.api.constants import CONFIG_PATH
 from bauh.commons import resource
diff --git a/bauh/gems/flatpak/flatpak.py b/bauh/gems/flatpak/flatpak.py
index 201d7796..b9240c64 100755
--- a/bauh/gems/flatpak/flatpak.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/flatpak/flatpak.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from typing import List, Dict, Set, Iterable, Optional
 
 from packaging.version import Version
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
+from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
 from bauh.api.exception import NoInternetException
 from bauh.commons.system import new_subprocess, run_cmd, SimpleProcess, ProcessHandler
diff --git a/bauh/view/core/update.py b/bauh/view/core/update.py
index d7d67d39..7b69bcd7 100644
--- a/bauh/view/core/update.py
+++ b/bauh/view/core/update.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import logging
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from pkg_resources import parse_version
+from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
 from bauh import __app_name__, __version__
 from bauh.api.constants import CACHE_PATH
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4ec3a96e..c9b3e57a 100755
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ requests>=2.18
 colorama>=0.3.8
 pyyaml>=3.13
 python-dateutil>=2.7
+packaging