diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index ac26e08640d..bbdb280cace 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ from dataclasses import (
     dataclass,
     field,
 )  # for storing API inputs, outputs, and metadata
-import pkg_resources
+#import pkg_resources
+from importlib import resources
 
-filename = pkg_resources.resource_filename(__name__, "llms/tokenizers")
+# filename = pkg_resources.resource_filename(__name__, "llms/tokenizers")
+filename = str(resources.files().joinpath("llms/tokenizers"))
 os.environ[
     "TIKTOKEN_CACHE_DIR"
 ] = filename  # use local copy of tiktoken b/c of - https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/issues/1071