diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b9d84b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+looseversion==1.3.0
diff --git a/undetected_chromedriver/patcher.py b/undetected_chromedriver/patcher.py
index 1b5409d5..1e091c02 100644
--- a/undetected_chromedriver/patcher.py
+++ b/undetected_chromedriver/patcher.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # this module is part of undetected_chromedriver
 
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+from looseversion import LooseVersion
 import io
 import json
 import logging