diff --git a/requirements/testing.txt b/requirements/testing.txt
index 01a1b35f..7e284dc0 100644
--- a/requirements/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/testing.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # --------------------
 
 pytest-cov>=4.1
-semver>=2.13,<2.14
+packaging>=23
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_plg_metadata.py b/tests/unit/test_plg_metadata.py
index 7a4c9398..4ba115cc 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_plg_metadata.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_plg_metadata.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 # 3rd party
-from semver import VersionInfo
+from packaging.version import parse
 
 # project
 from qtribu import __about__
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def test_metadata_types(self):
 
     def test_version_semver(self):
         """Test if version comply with semantic versioning."""
-        self.assertTrue(VersionInfo.isvalid(__about__.__version__))
+        self.assertTrue(parse(__about__.__version__))
 
 
 # ############################################################################