diff --git a/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/hooks/post-refresh b/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/hooks/post-refresh
index 3ae7ef9c7..dd15794a4 100644
--- a/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/hooks/post-refresh
+++ b/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/hooks/post-refresh
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ cb_installed=$(cat $SNAP/certbot-shared/certbot-version.txt)
 # get required certbot version for plugin
 cb_required=$(grep -oP "certbot>=\K.*(?=')" $SNAP/setup.py)
 
-python3 -c "from distutils.version import LooseVersion; import sys; sys.exit(1) if\
-  LooseVersion('$cb_installed') < LooseVersion('$cb_required') else sys.exit(0)" || exit_code=$?
+
+python3 -c "import sys; from packaging import version; sys.exit(1) if\
+  version.parse('$cb_installed') < version.parse('$cb_required') else sys.exit(0)" || exit_code=$?
 if [ "$exit_code" -eq 1 ]; then
   echo "Certbot is version $cb_installed but needs to be at least $cb_required before" \
     "this plugin can be updated; will try again on next refresh."
diff --git a/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index ebbafd432..a8b630bfe 100644
--- a/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/certbot-dns-dnsimple/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ parts:
     plugin: dump
     source: .
     stage: [setup.py, certbot-shared]
+    stage-packages: [python3-packaging]
     override-pull: |
         snapcraftctl pull
         mkdir -p $SNAPCRAFT_PART_SRC/certbot-shared