diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 353b3334..9c2407f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Basic Tests build jobs only
         if: matrix.goal != 'test'
         run: |
+             $pip install packaging
              export vline=$($gam version | grep "Python ")
              export python_line=($vline)
              export this_python=${python_line[1]}
diff --git a/src/tools/a_atleast_b.py b/src/tools/a_atleast_b.py
index 9f9a0b77..280f9fc5 100755
--- a/src/tools/a_atleast_b.py
+++ b/src/tools/a_atleast_b.py
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
-#from packaging import version
-from distutils.version import LooseVersion
+from packaging import version
 import sys
 
 a = sys.argv[1]
 b = sys.argv[2]
-#result = version.parse(a) >= version.parse(b)
-result = LooseVersion(a) >= LooseVersion(b)
+result = version.parse(a) >= version.parse(b)
 if result:
     print('OK: %s is equal or newer than %s' % (a, b))
 else: