diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0f89d67b6..44bdd6f67 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ build/
 **/Random123
 settings.json
 *.so
+randomgen/_version.py
 randomgen/bounded_integers.pyx
 randomgen/bounded_integers.pxd
 randomgen/*.c
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 939aabce0..9139bc62d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ This package contains additional bit generators for NumPy's
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 **Coverage**
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 746b48084..030afccc0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "packaging>=21.0; platform_machine=='arm64'",
+    "packaging>=21.0",
     "setuptools",
     "wheel",
     "Cython>=0.29.24,<3.0",
diff --git a/randomgen/examples/cython/setup.py b/randomgen/examples/cython/setup.py
index de2b1cfd1..02fa6e9bc 100644
--- a/randomgen/examples/cython/setup.py
+++ b/randomgen/examples/cython/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # python setup.py build_ext -i
+from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools.extension import Extension
 
-from distutils.core import setup
 from os.path import join
 
 from Cython.Build import cythonize
diff --git a/randomgen/tests/test_against_numpy.py b/randomgen/tests/test_against_numpy.py
index b3ba37699..775ce6aca 100644
--- a/randomgen/tests/test_against_numpy.py
+++ b/randomgen/tests/test_against_numpy.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
-
 import numpy as np
 import numpy.random
 from numpy.testing import (
@@ -8,6 +6,7 @@
     assert_equal,
     suppress_warnings,
 )
+from packaging.version import parse
 import pytest
 
 import randomgen
@@ -15,8 +14,8 @@
 import randomgen.generator
 from randomgen.mtrand import RandomState
 
-NP_VERSION = LooseVersion(np.__version__)
-NP_118 = LooseVersion("1.18") <= NP_VERSION < LooseVersion("1.19")
+NP_VERSION = parse(np.__version__)
+NP_118 = parse("1.18") <= NP_VERSION < parse("1.19")
 
 
 def compare_0_input(f1, f2):
diff --git a/randomgen/tests/test_bit_generators_against_numpy.py b/randomgen/tests/test_bit_generators_against_numpy.py
index 025700975..1405d1229 100644
--- a/randomgen/tests/test_bit_generators_against_numpy.py
+++ b/randomgen/tests/test_bit_generators_against_numpy.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
-
 import numpy as np
+from packaging.version import parse
 import pytest
 
 import randomgen
 from randomgen import PCG64, SFC64, Philox, SeedSequence
 
-NP_LT_119 = LooseVersion(np.__version__) < LooseVersion("1.19.0")
+NP_LT_119 = parse(np.__version__) < parse("1.19.0")
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(NP_LT_119, reason="Only test Numpy 1.19+")
 
diff --git a/randomgen/tests/test_extended_generator.py b/randomgen/tests/test_extended_generator.py
index a8d66f068..0dbf19a7c 100644
--- a/randomgen/tests/test_extended_generator.py
+++ b/randomgen/tests/test_extended_generator.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import copy
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 import pickle
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@
     assert_warns,
     suppress_warnings,
 )
+from packaging.version import parse
 import pytest
 
 from randomgen import MT19937, PCG64, ExtendedGenerator
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def extended_gen_legacy():
 _mt19937 = MT19937(SEED, mode="legacy")
 random = ExtendedGenerator(_mt19937)
 
-NP_LT_118 = LooseVersion(np.__version__) < LooseVersion("1.18.0")
+NP_LT_118 = parse(np.__version__) < parse("1.18.0")
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(NP_LT_118, reason="Can only test with NumPy >= 1.18")
diff --git a/randomgen/tests/test_generator_117.py b/randomgen/tests/test_generator_117.py
index b35928933..234d493f1 100644
--- a/randomgen/tests/test_generator_117.py
+++ b/randomgen/tests/test_generator_117.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from itertools import product
 from typing import cast
 
 import numpy as np
 from numpy.testing import assert_allclose, assert_array_equal
+from packaging.version import parse
 import pytest
 
 from randomgen import Generator
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
     from randomgen import PCG64  # type: ignore[misc]
 
 
-NP_LT_1174 = LooseVersion(np.__version__) < LooseVersion("1.17.4")
-NP_GTE_118 = LooseVersion(np.__version__) >= LooseVersion("1.18")
-NP_GTE_120 = LooseVersion(np.__version__) >= LooseVersion("1.20")
-NP_GTE_121 = LooseVersion(np.__version__) >= LooseVersion("1.21")
+NP_LT_1174 = parse(np.__version__) < parse("1.17.4")
+NP_GTE_118 = parse(np.__version__) >= parse("1.18")
+NP_GTE_120 = parse(np.__version__) >= parse("1.20")
+NP_GTE_121 = parse(np.__version__) >= parse("1.21")
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(NP_LT_1174, reason="Only test 1.17.4+")
 
diff --git a/randomgen/tests/test_generator_mt19937.py b/randomgen/tests/test_generator_mt19937.py
index 99a1aab59..1d919f535 100644
--- a/randomgen/tests/test_generator_mt19937.py
+++ b/randomgen/tests/test_generator_mt19937.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 import hashlib
 import sys
 import warnings
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@
     assert_warns,
     suppress_warnings,
 )
+from packaging.version import parse
 import pytest
 
 from randomgen import MT19937, Generator
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 random = Generator(MT19937(mode="legacy"))
 
-NP_LT_118 = LooseVersion(np.__version__) < LooseVersion("1.18.0")
+NP_LT_118 = parse(np.__version__) < parse("1.18.0")
 
 JUMP_TEST_DATA = {
     ("_jump_tester", (0,), 10): {
diff --git a/randomgen/tests/test_recent_numpy_changes.py b/randomgen/tests/test_recent_numpy_changes.py
index 38d1448da..01a30c733 100644
--- a/randomgen/tests/test_recent_numpy_changes.py
+++ b/randomgen/tests/test_recent_numpy_changes.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from typing import cast
 
 import numpy as np
 from numpy.testing import assert_equal
+from packaging.version import parse
 import pytest
 
 from randomgen import Generator
 
-v119 = LooseVersion("1.19")
-NP_LT_119 = LooseVersion(np.__version__) < v119
+v119 = parse("1.19")
+NP_LT_119 = parse(np.__version__) < v119
 
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(NP_LT_119, reason="Only test NumPy 1.19+")
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index e4c0f0256..d36ca8b22 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ pytest-cov
 scipy>=1.3.2
 setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.4.2,<7.0.0
 oldest_supported_numpy
+packaging>=21.0
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