diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4e246356e..5e84483c3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ docs/source/*.j2
 docs/source/example.html
 docs/source/mytemplate/*
 docs/source/config_options.rst
+.venv
 
 # Eclipse pollutes the filesystem
 .project
diff --git a/nbconvert/exporters/base.py b/nbconvert/exporters/base.py
index cd67601f4..a44884550 100644
--- a/nbconvert/exporters/base.py
+++ b/nbconvert/exporters/base.py
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
 
 import os
+import sys
 
-import entrypoints
+if sys.version_info < (3, 10):
+    from importlib_metadata import entry_points
+else:
+    from importlib.metadata import entry_points
 from nbformat import NotebookNode
 from traitlets.config import get_config
 from traitlets.log import get_logger
@@ -97,20 +101,14 @@ def get_exporter(name, config=get_config()):  # noqa
         name = "notebook"
 
     try:
-        exporter = entrypoints.get_single("nbconvert.exporters", name).load()
+        exporters = entry_points(group="nbconvert.exporters")
+        exporter = [e for e in exporters if e.name == name or e.name == name.lower()][0].load()
         if getattr(exporter(config=config), "enabled", True):
             return exporter
         else:
             raise ExporterDisabledError('Exporter "%s" disabled in configuration' % (name))
-    except entrypoints.NoSuchEntryPoint:
-        try:
-            exporter = entrypoints.get_single("nbconvert.exporters", name.lower()).load()
-            if getattr(exporter(config=config), "enabled", True):
-                return exporter
-            else:
-                raise ExporterDisabledError('Exporter "%s" disabled in configuration' % (name))
-        except entrypoints.NoSuchEntryPoint:
-            pass
+    except IndexError:
+        pass
 
     if "." in name:
         try:
@@ -136,7 +134,7 @@ def get_export_names(config=get_config()):  # noqa
     Exporters can be found in external packages by registering
     them as an nbconvert.exporter entrypoint.
     """
-    exporters = sorted(entrypoints.get_group_named("nbconvert.exporters"))
+    exporters = sorted(e.name for e in entry_points(group="nbconvert.exporters"))
     if os.environ.get("NBCONVERT_DISABLE_CONFIG_EXPORTERS"):
         get_logger().info(
             "Config exporter loading disabled, no additional exporters will be automatically included."
diff --git a/nbconvert/exporters/script.py b/nbconvert/exporters/script.py
index 96a55e41a..3661bddd5 100644
--- a/nbconvert/exporters/script.py
+++ b/nbconvert/exporters/script.py
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 
 # Copyright (c) Jupyter Development Team.
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.
+import sys
 
-import entrypoints
+if sys.version_info < (3, 10):
+    from importlib_metadata import entry_points
+else:
+    from importlib.metadata import entry_points
 from traitlets import Dict, default
 
 from .base import get_exporter
@@ -32,8 +36,9 @@ def _get_language_exporter(self, lang_name):
         """
         if lang_name not in self._lang_exporters:
             try:
-                Exporter = entrypoints.get_single("nbconvert.exporters.script", lang_name).load()
-            except entrypoints.NoSuchEntryPoint:
+                exporters = entry_points(group="nbconvert.exporters.script")
+                Exporter = [e for e in exporters if e.name == lang_name][0].load()
+            except (KeyError, IndexError):
                 self._lang_exporters[lang_name] = None
             else:
                 # TODO: passing config is wrong, but changing this revealed more complicated issues
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7a1b26fbf..773bdced9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "beautifulsoup4",
     "bleach",
     "defusedxml",
-    "entrypoints>=0.2.2",
+    "importlib_metadata>=3.6;python_version<\"3.10\"",
     "jinja2>=3.0",
     "jupyter_core>=4.7",
     "jupyterlab_pygments",