diff --git a/nodepool/cmd/__init__.py b/nodepool/cmd/__init__.py
index 528a324e6..1eba5a8d2 100644
--- a/nodepool/cmd/__init__.py
+++ b/nodepool/cmd/__init__.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import sys
 import threading
 import traceback
 
-from nodepool.version import version_info as npd_version_info
+from nodepool.version import release_string
 from nodepool import logconfig
 
 yappi = extras.try_import('yappi')
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ class NodepoolApp(object):
         return os.path.abspath(os.path.expanduser(path))
 
     def _get_version(self):
-        return "Nodepool version: %s" % npd_version_info.release_string()
+        return "Nodepool version: %s" % release_string
 
     def create_parser(self):
         parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
diff --git a/nodepool/driver/openstack/adapter.py b/nodepool/driver/openstack/adapter.py
index c3ea84ba5..450997c0c 100644
--- a/nodepool/driver/openstack/adapter.py
+++ b/nodepool/driver/openstack/adapter.py
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ class OpenStackAdapter(statemachine.Adapter):
             use_direct_get=False,
             rate_limit=rate_limit,
             app_name='nodepool',
-            app_version=version.version_info.version_string()
+            app_version=version.release_string
         )
 
     def _submitApi(self, api, *args, **kw):
diff --git a/nodepool/version.py b/nodepool/version.py
index 1035d83ad..fa66eb24c 100644
--- a/nodepool/version.py
+++ b/nodepool/version.py
@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@
 
 import json
 
-import pbr.version
+from importlib import metadata as importlib_metadata
 import pkg_resources
 
-version_info = pbr.version.VersionInfo('nodepool')
-release_string = version_info.release_string()
+release_string = importlib_metadata.distribution('nodepool').version
 
 is_release = None
 git_version = None