diff --git a/etc/scripts/requirements.txt b/etc/scripts/requirements.txt
index ebb404b72d..7c514da96a 100644
--- a/etc/scripts/requirements.txt
+++ b/etc/scripts/requirements.txt
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ pip
 setuptools
 twine
 wheel
-build
\ No newline at end of file
+build
+packvers
diff --git a/etc/scripts/utils_dejacode.py b/etc/scripts/utils_dejacode.py
index f28e24797a..c42e6c9313 100644
--- a/etc/scripts/utils_dejacode.py
+++ b/etc/scripts/utils_dejacode.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import requests
 import saneyaml
 
-from packaging import version as packaging_version
+from packvers import version as packaging_version
 
 """
 Utility to create and retrieve package and ABOUT file data from DejaCode.
diff --git a/etc/scripts/utils_pip_compatibility_tags.py b/etc/scripts/utils_pip_compatibility_tags.py
index 5d5eb34c88..af42a0cdd2 100644
--- a/etc/scripts/utils_pip_compatibility_tags.py
+++ b/etc/scripts/utils_pip_compatibility_tags.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 import re
 
-from packaging.tags import (
+from packvers.tags import (
     compatible_tags,
     cpython_tags,
     generic_tags,
diff --git a/etc/scripts/utils_thirdparty.py b/etc/scripts/utils_thirdparty.py
index 53f2d33cc4..121af38664 100644
--- a/etc/scripts/utils_thirdparty.py
+++ b/etc/scripts/utils_thirdparty.py
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 from commoncode import fileutils
 from commoncode.hash import multi_checksums
 from commoncode.text import python_safe_name
-from packaging import tags as packaging_tags
-from packaging import version as packaging_version
+from packvers import tags as packaging_tags
+from packvers import version as packaging_version
 
 import utils_pip_compatibility_tags