diff --git a/sdk/python/core/keeper_secrets_manager_core/core.py b/sdk/python/core/keeper_secrets_manager_core/core.py
index efec20f9..fb80f3b3 100644
--- a/sdk/python/core/keeper_secrets_manager_core/core.py
+++ b/sdk/python/core/keeper_secrets_manager_core/core.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 import requests
 import sys
 from base64 import urlsafe_b64decode
-from distutils.util import strtobool
 from http import HTTPStatus
 from typing import List, Tuple, Optional
 
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@
 from keeper_secrets_manager_core.storage import FileKeyValueStorage, KeyValueStorage, InMemoryKeyValueStorage
 from keeper_secrets_manager_core.utils import base64_to_bytes, dict_to_json, \
     url_safe_str_to_bytes, bytes_to_base64, generate_random_bytes, now_milliseconds, string_to_bytes, json_to_dict, \
-    bytes_to_string
+    bytes_to_string, strtobool
 
 
 def find_secrets_by_title(record_title, records):
diff --git a/sdk/python/core/keeper_secrets_manager_core/utils.py b/sdk/python/core/keeper_secrets_manager_core/utils.py
index f96dc0be..873b0186 100644
--- a/sdk/python/core/keeper_secrets_manager_core/utils.py
+++ b/sdk/python/core/keeper_secrets_manager_core/utils.py
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@
 import time
 from json import JSONDecodeError
 from sys import platform as _platform
-from typing import Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Optional
 from urllib import parse
 import subprocess
 import stat
-from distutils.util import strtobool
 
 from keeper_secrets_manager_core.keeper_globals import logger_name
 
@@ -36,6 +35,22 @@
 DEFAULT_PASSWORD_LENGTH = 32
 
 
+def strtobool(val):
+    """Convert a string representation of truth to true (1) or false (0).
+
+    True values are 'y', 'yes', 't', 'true', 'on', and '1'; false values
+    are 'n', 'no', 'f', 'false', 'off', and '0'.  Raises ValueError if
+    'val' is anything else.
+    """
+    val = val.lower()
+    if val in ('y', 'yes', 't', 'true', 'on', '1'):
+        return 1
+    elif val in ('n', 'no', 'f', 'false', 'off', '0'):
+        return 0
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("invalid truth value {!r}".format(val))
+
+
 def get_os():
     if _platform.lower().startswith("linux"):
         return "linux"
diff --git a/sdk/python/core/setup.cfg b/sdk/python/core/setup.cfg
index 224a7795..0f94f377 100644
--- a/sdk/python/core/setup.cfg
+++ b/sdk/python/core/setup.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [metadata]
-description-file = README.md
\ No newline at end of file
+description_file = README.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdk/python/core/setup.py b/sdk/python/core/setup.py
index f77c050b..e9b161cb 100644
--- a/sdk/python/core/setup.py
+++ b/sdk/python/core/setup.py
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
         "Topic :: Security",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/sdk/python/helper/setup.py b/sdk/python/helper/setup.py
index 429b9b34..d851286c 100644
--- a/sdk/python/helper/setup.py
+++ b/sdk/python/helper/setup.py
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
         "Topic :: Security",
     ]
 )
diff --git a/sdk/python/storage/setup.cfg b/sdk/python/storage/setup.cfg
index 224a7795..0f94f377 100644
--- a/sdk/python/storage/setup.cfg
+++ b/sdk/python/storage/setup.cfg
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 [metadata]
-description-file = README.md
\ No newline at end of file
+description_file = README.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/sdk/python/storage/setup.py b/sdk/python/storage/setup.py
index 6f6e21c7..d9d795a8 100644
--- a/sdk/python/storage/setup.py
+++ b/sdk/python/storage/setup.py
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
         "Topic :: Security",
     ]
 )