diff --git a/changelog.d/20240212_115536_regis_pkg_resources.md b/changelog.d/20240212_115536_regis_pkg_resources.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35b6d20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/20240212_115536_regis_pkg_resources.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- [Bugfix] Make plugin compatible with Python 3.12 by removing dependency on `pkg_resources`. (by @regisb)
diff --git a/tutorjupyter/plugin.py b/tutorjupyter/plugin.py
index 54e0bf1..638ffa8 100644
--- a/tutorjupyter/plugin.py
+++ b/tutorjupyter/plugin.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from glob import glob
 from secrets import token_bytes
 
-import pkg_resources
+import importlib_resources
 from tutor import hooks
 from tutor.__about__ import __version_suffix__
 
@@ -66,14 +66,14 @@ def jupyterhub_crypt_key(size: int) -> str:
 # INITIALIZATION TASKS
 ########################################
 
-MY_INIT_TASKS: list[tuple[str, tuple[str, ...]]] = [
-    ("mysql", ("jupyter", "jobs", "init", "mysql.sh")),
-    ("jupyterhub", ("jupyter", "jobs", "init", "jupyterhub.sh")),
-]
-
-for service, template_path in MY_INIT_TASKS:
-    full_path: str = pkg_resources.resource_filename(
-        "tutorjupyter", os.path.join("templates", *template_path)
+for service in ["mysql", "jupyterhub"]:
+    full_path: str = str(
+        importlib_resources.files("tutorjupyter")
+        / "templates"
+        / "jupyter"
+        / "tasks"
+        / service
+        / "init"
     )
     with open(full_path, encoding="utf-8") as init_task_file:
         init_task: str = init_task_file.read()
@@ -118,11 +118,9 @@ def jupyterhub_crypt_key(size: int) -> str:
 # TEMPLATE RENDERING
 ########################################
 
-hooks.Filters.ENV_TEMPLATE_ROOTS.add_items(
-    # Root paths for template files, relative to the project root.
-    [
-        pkg_resources.resource_filename("tutorjupyter", "templates"),
-    ]
+hooks.Filters.ENV_TEMPLATE_ROOTS.add_item(
+    # Root path for template files, relative to the project root.
+    str(importlib_resources.files("tutorjupyter") / "templates")
 )
 
 hooks.Filters.ENV_TEMPLATE_TARGETS.add_items(
@@ -138,11 +136,6 @@ def jupyterhub_crypt_key(size: int) -> str:
 
 # For each file in tutorjupyter/patches,
 # apply a patch based on the file's name and contents.
-for path in glob(
-    os.path.join(
-        pkg_resources.resource_filename("tutorjupyter", "patches"),
-        "*",
-    )
-):
+for path in glob(str(importlib_resources.files("tutorjupyter") / "patches" / "*")):
     with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as patch_file:
         hooks.Filters.ENV_PATCHES.add_item((os.path.basename(path), patch_file.read()))
diff --git a/tutorjupyter/templates/jupyter/jobs/init/.gitignore b/tutorjupyter/templates/jupyter/jobs/init/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/tutorjupyter/templates/jupyter/jobs/init/jupyterhub.sh b/tutorjupyter/templates/jupyter/tasks/jupyterhub/init
similarity index 100%
rename from tutorjupyter/templates/jupyter/jobs/init/jupyterhub.sh
rename to tutorjupyter/templates/jupyter/tasks/jupyterhub/init
diff --git a/tutorjupyter/templates/jupyter/jobs/init/mysql.sh b/tutorjupyter/templates/jupyter/tasks/mysql/init
similarity index 100%
rename from tutorjupyter/templates/jupyter/jobs/init/mysql.sh
rename to tutorjupyter/templates/jupyter/tasks/mysql/init