diff --git a/faiss/python/loader.py b/faiss/python/loader.py
index c3b7b00c19..0d35f22779 100644
--- a/faiss/python/loader.py
+++ b/faiss/python/loader.py
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
 import logging
 import os
 
+from packaging.version import Version
 
-def Version(v):
-    return [int(x) for x in v.split('.')]
 
 def supported_instruction_sets():
     """