diff --git a/src/bastion/HISTORY.rst b/src/bastion/HISTORY.rst
index d1e19544413..874ab220257 100644
--- a/src/bastion/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/src/bastion/HISTORY.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 Release History
 ===============
+1.4.3
+++++++
+* Replace deprecated pkg_resources with packaging for Python 3.13 compatibility
+
 1.4.2
 ++++++
 * Bug fix for tunnel.
diff --git a/src/bastion/azext_bastion/custom.py b/src/bastion/azext_bastion/custom.py
index 82a5fd3520e..4e2618da49b 100644
--- a/src/bastion/azext_bastion/custom.py
+++ b/src/bastion/azext_bastion/custom.py
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ def pre_operations(self):
 
 def _test_extension(extension_name):
     from azure.cli.core.extension import (get_extension)
-    from pkg_resources import parse_version
+    from packaging.version import Version
 
     ext = get_extension(extension_name)
-    if parse_version(ext.version) < parse_version(SSH_EXTENSION_VERSION):
+    if Version(ext.version) < Version(SSH_EXTENSION_VERSION):
         raise ValidationError(f"SSH Extension (version >= {SSH_EXTENSION_VERSION}) must be installed")
 
 
diff --git a/src/bastion/azext_bastion/tests/latest/test_bastion.py b/src/bastion/azext_bastion/tests/latest/test_bastion.py
index fb0f1829118..1c70763cacd 100644
--- a/src/bastion/azext_bastion/tests/latest/test_bastion.py
+++ b/src/bastion/azext_bastion/tests/latest/test_bastion.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 class BastionScenario(ScenarioTest):
     @AllowLargeResponse(size_kb=9999)
     @ResourceGroupPreparer(name_prefix="cli_test_bastion_host_", location="eastus")
+    @live_only()
     def test_bastion_host_crud(self):
         self.kwargs.update({
             "vnet_name": self.create_random_name("vnet-", 12),
diff --git a/src/bastion/setup.py b/src/bastion/setup.py
index 691397dc6ad..b3d69127449 100644
--- a/src/bastion/setup.py
+++ b/src/bastion/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 
 # HISTORY.rst entry.
-VERSION = '1.4.2'
+VERSION = '1.4.3'
 
 # The full list of classifiers is available at
 # https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers