diff --git a/kernelcollector/package_list.py b/kernelcollector/package_list.py
index f1e6533..d71a214 100644
--- a/kernelcollector/package_list.py
+++ b/kernelcollector/package_list.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from deb_pkg_tools.package import inspect_package_fields
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+from looseversion import LooseVersion
 from . import utils
 import shutil, logging, time, os
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index edb3b29..bcaf1c3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ beautifulsoup4
 deb-pkg-tools
 python-gnupg
 requests
+looseversion
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