diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_tests/tests/protoc_plugin/_split_definitions_test.py b/src/python/grpcio_tests/tests/protoc_plugin/_split_definitions_test.py
index 9b8c3acf94870..7730d5e93ab57 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_tests/tests/protoc_plugin/_split_definitions_test.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_tests/tests/protoc_plugin/_split_definitions_test.py
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@
 
 import grpc
 from grpc_tools import protoc
-import pkg_resources
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 9, 0):
+    from importlib import resources
+else:
+    import pkg_resources
 
 from tests.unit import test_common
 
@@ -62,6 +66,20 @@ def _create_directory_tree(root, path_components_sequence):
             thus_far = path.join(thus_far, path_component)
 
 
+def _get_resource_file_name(
+    package_or_requirement: str, resource_name: str
+) -> str:
+    """Obtain the filename for a resource on the file system."""
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 9, 0):
+        return (
+            resources.files(package_or_requirement) / resource_name
+        ).resolve()
+    else:
+        return pkg_resources.resource_filename(
+            package_or_requirement, resource_name
+        )
+
+
 def _massage_proto_content(
     proto_content, test_name_bytes, messages_proto_relative_file_name_bytes
 ):
@@ -367,7 +385,7 @@ class WellKnownTypesTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def testWellKnownTypes(self):
         os.chdir(_TEST_DIR)
         out_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(suffix="wkt_test", dir=".")
-        well_known_protos_include = pkg_resources.resource_filename(
+        well_known_protos_include = _get_resource_file_name(
             "grpc_tools", "_proto"
         )
         args = [
diff --git a/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/grpc_tools/command.py b/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/grpc_tools/command.py
index 5b0b7eb6a79fa..3086f193a6d06 100644
--- a/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/grpc_tools/command.py
+++ b/tools/distrib/python/grpcio_tools/grpc_tools/command.py
@@ -16,9 +16,27 @@
 import sys
 
 from grpc_tools import protoc
-import pkg_resources
 import setuptools
 
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 9, 0):
+    from importlib import resources
+else:
+    import pkg_resources
+
+
+def _get_resource_file_name(
+    package_or_requirement: str, resource_name: str
+) -> str:
+    """Obtain the filename for a resource on the file system."""
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 9, 0):
+        return (
+            resources.files(package_or_requirement) / resource_name
+        ).resolve()
+    else:
+        return pkg_resources.resource_filename(
+            package_or_requirement, resource_name
+        )
+
 
 def build_package_protos(package_root, strict_mode=False):
     proto_files = []
@@ -30,9 +48,7 @@ def build_package_protos(package_root, strict_mode=False):
                     os.path.abspath(os.path.join(root, filename))
                 )
 
-    well_known_protos_include = pkg_resources.resource_filename(
-        "grpc_tools", "_proto"
-    )
+    well_known_protos_include = _get_resource_file_name("grpc_tools", "_proto")
 
     for proto_file in proto_files:
         command = [
diff --git a/tools/distrib/python/xds_protos/build.py b/tools/distrib/python/xds_protos/build.py
index cb5cc9bb1b738..7ae5b7af2d276 100644
--- a/tools/distrib/python/xds_protos/build.py
+++ b/tools/distrib/python/xds_protos/build.py
@@ -15,15 +15,34 @@
 """Builds the content of xds-protos package"""
 
 import os
+import sys
 
 from grpc_tools import protoc
-import pkg_resources
+
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 9, 0):
+    from importlib import resources
+else:
+    import pkg_resources
 
 
 def localize_path(p):
     return os.path.join(*p.split("/"))
 
 
+def _get_resource_file_name(
+    package_or_requirement: str, resource_name: str
+) -> str:
+    """Obtain the filename for a resource on the file system."""
+    if sys.version_info >= (3, 9, 0):
+        return (
+            resources.files(package_or_requirement) / resource_name
+        ).resolve()
+    else:
+        return pkg_resources.resource_filename(
+            package_or_requirement, resource_name
+        )
+
+
 # We might not want to compile all the protos
 EXCLUDE_PROTO_PACKAGES_LIST = tuple(
     localize_path(p)
@@ -46,7 +65,7 @@ def localize_path(p):
     GRPC_ROOT, "third_party", "opencensus-proto", "src"
 )
 OPENTELEMETRY_PROTO_ROOT = os.path.join(GRPC_ROOT, "third_party", "opentelemetry")
-WELL_KNOWN_PROTOS_INCLUDE = pkg_resources.resource_filename("grpc_tools", "_proto")
+WELL_KNOWN_PROTOS_INCLUDE = _get_resource_file_name("grpc_tools", "_proto")
 
 OUTPUT_PATH = WORK_DIR