diff --git a/.mypy.ini b/.mypy.ini
index 88a3d011da..c92232878c 100644
--- a/.mypy.ini
+++ b/.mypy.ini
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ ignore_missing_imports = True
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 [mypy-pingdom.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
+[mypy-pkg_resources.*]
+ignore_missing_imports = True
 [mypy-portage.*]
 ignore_missing_imports = True
 [mypy-potatoes_that_will_never_be_there.*]
diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/11492-python_requires_info.yml b/changelogs/fragments/11492-python_requires_info.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa52ffca43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/11492-python_requires_info.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - "python_requirements_info - use ``importlib.metadata`` if ``pkg_resources`` from ``setuptools`` cannot be imported.
+     That module has been removed from setuptools 82.0.0
+     (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/issues/11491, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/11492)."
diff --git a/plugins/modules/python_requirements_info.py b/plugins/modules/python_requirements_info.py
index 98f07cebfd..ecf87edb7d 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/python_requirements_info.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/python_requirements_info.py
@@ -121,18 +121,26 @@ import operator
 import re
 import sys
 
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
+
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
+
+HAS_IMPORTLIB_METADATA = False
+try:
+    import importlib.metadata
+
+    HAS_IMPORTLIB_METADATA = True
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
 HAS_DISTUTILS = False
 try:
     import pkg_resources
 
-    from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.module_utils.version import LooseVersion
-
     HAS_DISTUTILS = True
 except ImportError:
     pass
 
-from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
-
 operations = {
     "<=": operator.le,
     ">=": operator.ge,
@@ -155,9 +163,9 @@ def main():
         argument_spec=dict(dependencies=dict(type="list", elements="str", default=[])),
         supports_check_mode=True,
     )
-    if not HAS_DISTUTILS:
+    if not HAS_DISTUTILS and not HAS_IMPORTLIB_METADATA:
         module.fail_json(
-            msg='Could not import "distutils" and "pkg_resources" libraries to introspect python environment.',
+            msg='Could not import "pkg_resources" or "importlib.metadata" libraries to introspect Python environment.',
             python=sys.executable,
             python_version=sys.version,
             python_version_info=python_version_info,
@@ -180,12 +188,20 @@ def main():
             module.fail_json(
                 msg=f"Failed to parse version requirement '{dep}'. Operator must be one of >, <, <=, >=, or =="
             )
-        try:
-            existing = pkg_resources.get_distribution(pkg).version
-        except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
-            # not there
-            results["not_found"].append(pkg)
-            continue
+        if HAS_DISTUTILS:
+            try:
+                existing = pkg_resources.get_distribution(pkg).version
+            except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+                # not there
+                results["not_found"].append(pkg)
+                continue
+        else:
+            try:
+                existing = importlib.metadata.version(pkg)
+            except importlib.metadata.PackageNotFoundError:
+                # not there
+                results["not_found"].append(pkg)
+                continue
         if op is None and version is None:
             results["valid"][pkg] = {
                 "installed": existing,