diff --git a/h2o-py/h2o/connection.py b/h2o-py/h2o/connection.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/h2o-py/h2o/connection.py
+++ b/h2o-py/h2o/connection.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import tempfile
 import tabulate
 import subprocess
 import atexit
-import h2o
+import pkg_resources
 from two_dim_table import H2OTwoDimTable
 
 __H2OCONN__ = None            # the single active connection to H2O cloud
correction. pkg_resources needed for runtime h2o-python version recognition