diff --git a/src/machinelearningservices/CHANGELOG.rst b/src/machinelearningservices/CHANGELOG.rst
index 8ca5d0b08e7..0e2d64e90a1 100644
--- a/src/machinelearningservices/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/src/machinelearningservices/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+## 2026-02-11
+
+### Azure Machine Learning CLI (v2) v 2.41.1
+
+- Replace deprecated pkg_resources for Python 3.13 compatibility
+
 ## 2026-01-06
 
 ### Azure Machine Learning CLI (v2) v 2.41.0
diff --git a/src/machinelearningservices/azext_mlv2/manual/dependency.py b/src/machinelearningservices/azext_mlv2/manual/dependency.py
index 411623d02e3..e24622b4967 100644
--- a/src/machinelearningservices/azext_mlv2/manual/dependency.py
+++ b/src/machinelearningservices/azext_mlv2/manual/dependency.py
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@
 # Changes may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if the code is
 # regenerated.
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-import pkg_resources
 
 REQUIREMENTS = []
 with open("azext_mlv2/manual/requirements.txt", "rt") as fd:
-    REQUIREMENTS = [str(requirement) for requirement in pkg_resources.parse_requirements(fd)]
+    REQUIREMENTS = [line.strip() for line in fd if line.strip() and not line.strip().startswith('#')]
 DEPENDENCIES = REQUIREMENTS
diff --git a/src/machinelearningservices/setup.py b/src/machinelearningservices/setup.py
index 2d709fec331..d85722c74c8 100644
--- a/src/machinelearningservices/setup.py
+++ b/src/machinelearningservices/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
 # HISTORY.rst entry.
-VERSION = '2.41.0'
+VERSION = '2.41.1'
 
 # The full list of classifiers is available at
 # https://pypi.python.org/pypi?%3Aaction=list_classifiers