diff --git a/.changeset/fruity-taxis-sit.md b/.changeset/fruity-taxis-sit.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..96bd2a5792
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fruity-taxis-sit.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@gradio/wasm": patch
+"gradio": patch
+---
+
+fix:replacing distutils.StrictVersion dependency for Python 3.12
diff --git a/gradio/analytics.py b/gradio/analytics.py
index 626ddfa2ab..b318b4d674 100644
--- a/gradio/analytics.py
+++ b/gradio/analytics.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import os
 import threading
 import urllib.parse
 import warnings
-from distutils.version import StrictVersion
+from packaging.version import Version
 from typing import Any
 
 import httpx
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def version_check():
     try:
         current_pkg_version = get_package_version()
         latest_pkg_version = httpx.get(url=PKG_VERSION_URL, timeout=3).json()["version"]
-        if StrictVersion(latest_pkg_version) > StrictVersion(current_pkg_version):
+        if Version(latest_pkg_version) > Version(current_pkg_version):
             print(
                 f"IMPORTANT: You are using gradio version {current_pkg_version}, "
                 f"however version {latest_pkg_version} is available, please upgrade."
diff --git a/js/wasm/src/webworker/index.ts b/js/wasm/src/webworker/index.ts
index de6679591c..046d4417a3 100644
--- a/js/wasm/src/webworker/index.ts
+++ b/js/wasm/src/webworker/index.ts
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ async function initializeEnvironment(
 	updateProgress("Loading Gradio wheels");
 	await micropip.add_mock_package("ffmpy", "0.3.0");
 	await micropip.add_mock_package("aiohttp", "3.8.4");
-	await pyodide.loadPackage(["ssl", "distutils", "setuptools"]);
+	await pyodide.loadPackage(["ssl", "setuptools"]);
 	await micropip.install(["typing-extensions>=4.8.0"]); // Typing extensions needs to be installed first otherwise the versions from the pyodide lockfile is used which is incompatible with the latest fastapi.
 	await micropip.install(["markdown-it-py[linkify]~=2.2.0"]); // On 3rd June 2023, markdown-it-py 3.0.0 has been released. The `gradio` package depends on its `>=2.0.0` version so its 3.x will be resolved. However, it conflicts with `mdit-py-plugins`'s dependency `markdown-it-py >=1.0.0,<3.0.0` and micropip currently can't resolve it. So we explicitly install the compatible version of the library here.
 	await micropip.install(["anyio==3.*"]); // `fastapi` depends on `anyio>=3.4.0,<5` so its 4.* can be installed, but it conflicts with the anyio version `httpx` depends on, `==3.*`. Seems like micropip can't resolve it for now, so we explicitly install the compatible version of the library here.