diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index d1c3fe3ff..b6c5bf608 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [ "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12" ]
+        python-version: [ "3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13" ]
       fail-fast: false
     timeout-minutes: 15
     steps:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2267a8c77..016f7ea70 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -82,3 +82,6 @@ hivemind/proto/*_pb2*
 
 # libp2p-daemon binary
 hivemind/hivemind_cli/p2pd
+
+# VSCode's default venv directory
+.venv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7eb599c80..6ce12cc44 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ pip install .
 ```
 
 If you would like to verify that your installation is working properly, you can install with `pip install .[dev]`
-instead. Then, you can run the tests with `pytest tests/`.
+instead. Then, you can run the tests with `pytest tests/`. Use `pip install -e .[dev]` to make the source code editable.
 
 By default, hivemind uses the precompiled binary of
 the [go-libp2p-daemon](https://github.com/learning-at-home/go-libp2p-daemon) library. If you face compatibility issues
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e1f90b274..f3ec53f35 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import tempfile
 import urllib.request
 
-from pkg_resources import parse_requirements, parse_version
+from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 from setuptools.command.build_py import build_py
 from setuptools.command.develop import develop
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def run(self):
 
 
 with open("requirements.txt") as requirements_file:
-    install_requires = list(map(str, parse_requirements(requirements_file)))
+    install_requires = [line.strip() for line in requirements_file if line.strip() and not line.startswith("#")]
 
 # loading version from setup.py
 with codecs.open(os.path.join(here, "hivemind/__init__.py"), encoding="utf-8") as init_file:
@@ -151,10 +151,10 @@ def run(self):
 extras = {}
 
 with open("requirements-dev.txt") as dev_requirements_file:
-    extras["dev"] = list(map(str, parse_requirements(dev_requirements_file)))
+    extras["dev"] = [line.strip() for line in dev_requirements_file if line.strip() and not line.startswith("#")]
 
 with open("requirements-docs.txt") as docs_requirements_file:
-    extras["docs"] = list(map(str, parse_requirements(docs_requirements_file)))
+    extras["docs"] = [line.strip() for line in docs_requirements_file if line.strip() and not line.startswith("#")]
 
 extras["bitsandbytes"] = ["bitsandbytes~=0.45.2"]
 
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ def run(self):
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering",
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Mathematics",
         "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
diff --git a/tests/test_auth.py b/tests/test_auth.py
index 75b647995..193b780d2 100644
--- a/tests/test_auth.py
+++ b/tests/test_auth.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from typing import Optional
 
 import pytest
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ async def get_token(self) -> AccessToken:
         token = AccessToken(
             username=self._username,
             public_key=self.local_public_key.to_bytes(),
-            expiration_time=str(datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(minutes=1)),
+            expiration_time=str(datetime.now(timezone.utc).replace(tzinfo=None) + timedelta(minutes=1)),
         )
         token.signature = MockAuthorizer._authority_private_key.sign(self._token_to_bytes(token))
         return token
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def is_token_valid(self, access_token: AccessToken) -> bool:
         if expiration_time.tzinfo is not None:
             logger.exception(f"Expected to have no timezone for expiration time: {access_token.expiration_time}")
             return False
-        if expiration_time < datetime.utcnow():
+        if expiration_time < datetime.now(timezone.utc).replace(tzinfo=None):
             logger.exception("Access token has expired")
             return False
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def is_token_valid(self, access_token: AccessToken) -> bool:
 
     def does_token_need_refreshing(self, access_token: AccessToken) -> bool:
         expiration_time = datetime.fromisoformat(access_token.expiration_time)
-        return expiration_time < datetime.utcnow() + self._MAX_LATENCY
+        return expiration_time < datetime.now(timezone.utc).replace(tzinfo=None) + self._MAX_LATENCY
 
     @staticmethod
     def _token_to_bytes(access_token: AccessToken) -> bytes:
diff --git a/tests/test_utils/p2p_daemon.py b/tests/test_utils/p2p_daemon.py
index db208cdd5..7f26df76c 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils/p2p_daemon.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils/p2p_daemon.py
@@ -5,17 +5,18 @@
 import time
 import uuid
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager, suppress
+from pathlib import Path
 from typing import NamedTuple
 
-from pkg_resources import resource_filename
-
+import hivemind
 from hivemind.p2p.p2p_daemon_bindings.p2pclient import Client
 from hivemind.utils.multiaddr import Multiaddr, protocols
 
 from test_utils.networking import get_free_port
 
 TIMEOUT_DURATION = 5  # seconds
-P2PD_PATH = resource_filename("hivemind", "hivemind_cli/p2pd")
+HIVEMIND_ROOT = Path(hivemind.__file__).parent
+P2PD_PATH = str(HIVEMIND_ROOT / "hivemind_cli" / "p2pd")
 
 
 async def try_until_success(coro_func, timeout=TIMEOUT_DURATION):