diff --git a/papermill/engines.py b/papermill/engines.py
index c44d548d..16764709 100644
--- a/papermill/engines.py
+++ b/papermill/engines.py
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 import datetime
 import sys
 from functools import wraps
+from importlib.metadata import entry_points
 
 import dateutil
-import entrypoints
 
 from .clientwrap import PapermillNotebookClient
 from .exceptions import PapermillException
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def register_entry_points(self):
 
         Load handlers provided by other packages
         """
-        for entrypoint in entrypoints.get_group_all("papermill.engine"):
+        for entrypoint in entry_points(group="papermill.engine"):
             self.register(entrypoint.name, entrypoint.load())
 
     def get_engine(self, name=None):
diff --git a/papermill/iorw.py b/papermill/iorw.py
index 14a0122c..06057142 100644
--- a/papermill/iorw.py
+++ b/papermill/iorw.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 import sys
 import warnings
 from contextlib import contextmanager
+from importlib.metadata import entry_points
 
-import entrypoints
 import nbformat
 import requests
 import yaml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def register(self, scheme, handler):
 
     def register_entry_points(self):
         # Load handlers provided by other packages
-        for entrypoint in entrypoints.get_group_all("papermill.io"):
+        for entrypoint in entry_points(group="papermill.io"):
             self.register(entrypoint.name, entrypoint.load())
 
     def get_handler(self, path, extensions=None):
diff --git a/papermill/tests/test_engines.py b/papermill/tests/test_engines.py
index db5ee17c..4ea68712 100644
--- a/papermill/tests/test_engines.py
+++ b/papermill/tests/test_engines.py
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ def test_registering_entry_points(self):
         fake_entrypoint = Mock(load=Mock())
         fake_entrypoint.name = "fake-engine"
 
-        with patch("entrypoints.get_group_all", return_value=[fake_entrypoint]) as mock_get_group_all:
+        with patch("papermill.engines.entry_points", return_value=[fake_entrypoint]) as mock_entry_points:
             self.papermill_engines.register_entry_points()
-            mock_get_group_all.assert_called_once_with("papermill.engine")
+            mock_entry_points.assert_called_once_with(group="papermill.engine")
             self.assertEqual(self.papermill_engines.get_engine("fake-engine"), fake_entrypoint.load.return_value)
diff --git a/papermill/tests/test_iorw.py b/papermill/tests/test_iorw.py
index ab09f01a..6b55cde7 100644
--- a/papermill/tests/test_iorw.py
+++ b/papermill/tests/test_iorw.py
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ def test_entrypoint_register(self):
         fake_entrypoint = Mock(load=Mock())
         fake_entrypoint.name = "fake-from-entry-point://"
 
-        with patch("entrypoints.get_group_all", return_value=[fake_entrypoint]) as mock_get_group_all:
+        with patch("papermill.iorw.entry_points", return_value=[fake_entrypoint]) as mock_entry_points:
             self.papermill_io.register_entry_points()
-            mock_get_group_all.assert_called_once_with("papermill.io")
+            mock_entry_points.assert_called_once_with(group="papermill.io")
             fake_ = self.papermill_io.get_handler("fake-from-entry-point://")
             assert fake_ == fake_entrypoint.load.return_value
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 99336a0a..9ca749e9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ dynamic = [ "version" ]
 dependencies = [
   "aiohttp>=3.9; python_version=='3.12'",
   "click",
-  "entrypoints",
   "nbclient>=0.2",
   "nbformat>=5.2",
   "pyyaml",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6f8ebb8a..3bee7442 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,5 @@ nbformat >= 5.2.0
 nbclient >= 0.2.0
 tqdm >= 4.32.2
 requests
-entrypoints
 tenacity >= 5.0.2
 aiohttp >=3.9.0; python_version=="3.12"