diff --git a/docs/source/conf.py b/docs/source/conf.py
index 54392b0f2..de489d0bc 100644
--- a/docs/source/conf.py
+++ b/docs/source/conf.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 # -- Path setup --------------------------------------------------------------
 
+# -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
+import importlib.metadata as metadata
 import logging
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
@@ -15,18 +17,12 @@
 import sys
 
 import benchbuild.utils
-# -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
-from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, get_distribution
+
+__version__ = metadata.version('varats')
 
 sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath('../../'))
 
 # pylint: skip-file
-
-try:
-    __version__ = get_distribution("varats").version
-except DistributionNotFound:
-    pass
-
 project = 'VaRA'
 copyright = '2023, Florian Sattler'
 author = 'Florian Sattler'
diff --git a/docs/source/vara-ts/development.rst b/docs/source/vara-ts/development.rst
index 7d23d2823..1aea8c280 100644
--- a/docs/source/vara-ts/development.rst
+++ b/docs/source/vara-ts/development.rst
@@ -131,8 +131,7 @@ Ensure that all branches are in the correct state.
 .. code-block:: console
 
     git checkout vara-dev
-    # Update varats/setup.py and varats-core/setup.py to the next version
-    # Update varats/setup.py to depend on the new core version
+    # Update pyproject.toml to the new version
     git commit -m "Bump version to $NEW_VERSION"
     git push origin vara-dev