diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1964ac8..36796bc 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ python = "^3.7.0"  # Compatible python versions must be declared here
 rdflib = ">=6.1.1,<8"
 owlrl = ">=6.0.2,<7"
 prettytable = "^2.2.1"
+packaging = ">=21.3"
 rdflib-jsonld = { version=">=0.4.0,<0.6", optional=true}
 pyduktape2 = {version="^0.4.1", optional=true}
 flake8 = {version="^3.8.0", optional=true}
diff --git a/pyshacl/monkey/__init__.py b/pyshacl/monkey/__init__.py
index 72242aa..dc254ef 100644
--- a/pyshacl/monkey/__init__.py
+++ b/pyshacl/monkey/__init__.py
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+from packaging.version import Version
 
 import rdflib
 
 from rdflib import plugin, store
 
 
-RDFLIB_VERSION = LooseVersion(rdflib.__version__)
-RDFLIB_421 = LooseVersion("4.2.1")
-RDFLIB_500 = LooseVersion("5.0.0")
-RDFLIB_600 = LooseVersion("6.0.0")
-RDFLIB_602 = LooseVersion("6.0.2")
+RDFLIB_VERSION = Version(rdflib.__version__)
+RDFLIB_421 = Version("4.2.1")
+RDFLIB_500 = Version("5.0.0")
+RDFLIB_600 = Version("6.0.0")
+RDFLIB_602 = Version("6.0.2")
 
 
 def rdflib_bool_patch():
diff --git a/test/issues/test_146.py b/test/issues/test_146.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d14f630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/issues/test_146.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+"""
+https://github.com/RDFLib/pySHACL/issues/146
+"""
+
+import warnings
+
+
+def test_146() -> None:
+    # Ensure that importing pyshacl triggers no warnings.
+    with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as warning_context:
+        # Cause all warnings to always be triggered.
+        warnings.simplefilter("always")
+        # Import pyshacl, which should not trigger any warnings
+        import pyshacl
+        # Verify some things
+        assert len(warning_context) == 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_146()