diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4904c3a..543c874 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,21 +24,22 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = "^3.7"
+python = "^3.8"
 attrs = ">=17.4.0"
-structlog = "^20.1.0"
+structlog = "^24"
 aiohttp = ">=3"
+packaging = ">=23"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 jinja2 = "^3.1.2"
-pytest = "^6.0.1"
+pytest = "^8"
 pytest-asyncio = "^0.14.0"
 sphinx = "^5.2.3"
 pytest-cov = "^2.10.1"
 asyncio-extras = "^1.3.2"
 pre-commit = "^2.7.1"
 black = "^22.10.0"
-Pillow = "^8.1.0"
+Pillow = "^9"
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
 arsenic-check-ie11 = "arsenic.helpers:check_ie11_environment_cli"
diff --git a/src/arsenic/services.py b/src/arsenic/services.py
index 44c7e18..03142c9 100644
--- a/src/arsenic/services.py
+++ b/src/arsenic/services.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import re
 import sys
-from distutils.version import StrictVersion
+from packaging import version
 from functools import partial
 from typing import List, TextIO, Optional
 
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ async def _check_version(self):
                     "disable version checking, set `version_check` to "
                     "`False`."
                 )
-            version_str = match.group(1)
-            version = StrictVersion(version_str)
-            if version < StrictVersion("0.16.1"):
+            binary_version_str = match.group(1)
+            binary_version = version.parse(binary_version_str)
+            if binary_version < version.parse("0.16.1"):
                 raise ValueError(
-                    f"Geckodriver version {version_str} is too old. 0.16.1 or "
+                    f"Geckodriver version {binary_version_str} is too old. 0.16.1 or "
                     f"higher is required. To disable version checking, set "
                     f"`version_check` to `False`."
                 )