diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
index fc82d07..3b72253 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.cfg
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ serialize =
 	{major}.{minor}
 
 [bumpversion:file:pyproject.toml]
-search = version="{current_version}"
-replace = version="{new_version}"
+search = version = "{current_version}"
+replace = version = "{new_version}"
 
 [bumpversion:file:fast_dp/__init__.py]
 search = __version__ = "{current_version}"
diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index daf1592..68ac780 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
 History
 =======
 
-2.0.0 (xxxx-xx-xx)
+2.0.0 (2026-03-04)
 ------------------
 * fast_dp no longer supports Python 2.7 or 3.5
 * change default plugin for Eiger data to durin-plugin.so
+* migrate from pkg_resources to importlib.resources
 
 1.6.2 (2020-03-14)
 ------------------
diff --git a/fast_dp/output.py b/fast_dp/output.py
index a7778ec..8e456a4 100644
--- a/fast_dp/output.py
+++ b/fast_dp/output.py
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 
 import json
 import os
-
-import pkg_resources
+from importlib.resources import files
 
 
 def write_json(
@@ -34,9 +33,9 @@ def write_json(
 
 def get_ispyb_template():
     """Read the ispyb.xml template from the package resources."""
-    xml_template = pkg_resources.resource_string(
-        "fast_dp", "templates/ispyb.xml"
-    ).decode("utf-8")
+    template_path = files("fast_dp") / "templates" / "ispyb.xml"
+    xml_template = template_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
     assert xml_template, "Error retrieving XML template"
     return xml_template