diff --git a/.github/workflows/Nuget-publishing.yml b/.github/workflows/Nuget-publishing.yml
index 505f416d..820a7a05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Nuget-publishing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Nuget-publishing.yml
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: '🚧 Linux ppc64le build'
         if: contains(matrix.config.arch, 'ppc64le')
-        uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v2
+        uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v3
         with:
           arch: ${{ matrix.config.arch }}
           distro: ${{ matrix.config.distro }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-uc2.yml b/.github/workflows/build-uc2.yml
index fc6e678f..01bd14c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-uc2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-uc2.yml
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: '🚧 Linux ppc64le build'
         if: contains(matrix.config.arch, 'ppc64le')
-        uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v2
+        uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v3
         with:
           arch: ${{ matrix.config.arch }}
           distro: ${{ matrix.config.distro }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-publish.yml
index 56708b12..c68bad74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-publish.yml
@@ -296,11 +296,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build SDist
         run: |
-          cd bindings/python
           python3 -m pip install -U pip build
-          python3 -m build --sdist
-          python3 -m pip install dist/*.tar.gz
-          cd ~
+          python3 -m build --sdist bindings/python
+          python3 -m pip install bindings/python/dist/*.tar.gz
           python3 -c 'import unicorn; print(f"Unicorn version installed from sdist: {unicorn.__version__}")'
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/bindings/python/pyproject.toml b/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
index f9562d00..e897e289 100644
--- a/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 name = "unicorn"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 requires-python = ">= 2.7, != 3.0.*, != 3.1.*, != 3.2.*, != 3.3.*, != 3.4.*, != 3.5.*, != 3.6.*"
+dependencies = [
+    "importlib_resources; python_version < '3.9'"
+]
 authors = [
     { name = "Nguyen Anh Quynh", email = "quynh@gmail.com" },
 ]
diff --git a/bindings/python/unicorn/unicorn_py3/unicorn.py b/bindings/python/unicorn/unicorn_py3/unicorn.py
index 8684a391..0a6b3150 100644
--- a/bindings/python/unicorn/unicorn_py3/unicorn.py
+++ b/bindings/python/unicorn/unicorn_py3/unicorn.py
@@ -109,19 +109,17 @@ def __load_uc_lib() -> ctypes.CDLL:
 
     # Loading attempts, in order
     # - user-provided environment variable
-    # - pkg_resources can get us the path to the local libraries
+    # - importlib.resources/importlib_resources can get us the path to the local libraries
     # - we can get the path to the local libraries by parsing our filename
     # - global load
     # - python's lib directory
 
-    if sys.version_info.minor >= 12:
-        from importlib import resources
-
-        canonicals = resources.files('unicorn') / 'lib'
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 9):
+        import importlib.resources as resources
     else:
-        import pkg_resources
+        import importlib_resources as resources
 
-        canonicals = pkg_resources.resource_filename('unicorn', 'lib')
+    canonicals = resources.files('unicorn') / 'lib'
 
     lib_locations = [
         os.getenv('LIBUNICORN_PATH'),