diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 353ed824..3cae6b46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ jobs:
               cibuildwheel --print-build-identifiers --platform linux --archs x86_64,aarch64 | grep cp |  jq -nRc '{"only": inputs, "os": "ubuntu-latest"}' \
               && cibuildwheel --print-build-identifiers --platform macos --archs x86_64,arm64 | grep cp |  jq -nRc '{"only": inputs, "os": "macos-latest"}' \
               && cibuildwheel --print-build-identifiers --platform windows --archs x86,AMD64 | grep cp |  jq -nRc '{"only": inputs, "os": "windows-latest"}'
+              && cibuildwheel --print-build-identifiers --platform windows --archs ARM64 | grep cp |  jq -nRc '{"only": inputs, "os": "windows-11-arm"}'
             } | jq -sc
           )
           echo "include=$MATRIX_INCLUDE" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 77e63738..36841181 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -18,12 +18,14 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12", "3.13", "3.14", "3.14t"]
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest, windows-11-arm]
         loop: [asyncio, uvloop]
         exclude:
           # uvloop does not support windows
           - loop: uvloop
             os: windows-latest
+          - loop: uvloop
+            os: windows-11-arm
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e2b18388..c958f9ea 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ docs = [
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools>=77.0.3",
-    "Cython(>=3.2.1,<4.0.0)"
+    "Cython(>=3.2.1,<4.0.0)",
+    "packaging>=24.0"
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f9fafadf..aad10a21 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -188,8 +188,6 @@ def finalize_options(self):
                         need_cythonize = True
 
         if need_cythonize:
-            import pkg_resources
-
             # Double check Cython presence in case setup_requires
             # didn't go into effect (most likely because someone
             # imported Cython before setup_requires injected the
@@ -201,8 +199,11 @@ def finalize_options(self):
                     'please install {} to compile asyncpg from source'.format(
                         CYTHON_DEPENDENCY))
 
-            cython_dep = pkg_resources.Requirement.parse(CYTHON_DEPENDENCY)
-            if Cython.__version__ not in cython_dep:
+            from packaging.requirements import Requirement
+
+            cython_dep = Requirement(CYTHON_DEPENDENCY)
+            if not cython_dep.specifier.contains(
+                    Cython.__version__, prereleases=True):
                 raise RuntimeError(
                     'asyncpg requires {}, got Cython=={}'.format(
                         CYTHON_DEPENDENCY, Cython.__version__