--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
   "python-gitlab >= 4.0.0, < 7.0.0",
   "tomlkit ~= 0.11",
   "dotty-dict ~= 1.3",
-  "importlib-resources ~= 6.0",
   "pydantic ~= 2.0",
   "rich ~= 14.0",
   "shellingham ~= 1.5",
--- a/src/semantic_release/cli/changelog_writer.py
+++ b/src/semantic_release/cli/changelog_writer.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-# NOTE: use backport with newer API than stdlib
-from importlib_resources import files
+from importlib.resources import files
 
 import semantic_release
 from semantic_release.changelog.context import (
--- a/tests/fixtures/example_project.py
+++ b/tests/fixtures/example_project.py
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 import pytest
 import tomlkit
 
-# NOTE: use backport with newer API
-from importlib_resources import files
+from importlib.resources import files
 
 import semantic_release
 from semantic_release.commit_parser import (
--- a/tests/unit/semantic_release/changelog/test_default_changelog.py
+++ b/tests/unit/semantic_release/changelog/test_default_changelog.py
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-# NOTE: use backport with newer API
-from importlib_resources import files
+from importlib.resources import files
 
 import semantic_release
 from semantic_release.changelog.context import ChangelogMode, make_changelog_context
--- a/tests/unit/semantic_release/changelog/test_release_notes.py
+++ b/tests/unit/semantic_release/changelog/test_release_notes.py
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-# NOTE: use backport with newer API to support 3.7
-from importlib_resources import files
+from importlib.resources import files
 
 import semantic_release
 from semantic_release.cli.changelog_writer import generate_release_notes