diff --git a/etc/git-filter-repo-pip.sh b/etc/git-filter-repo-pip.sh
index 3e0d0056..272a2ef7 100644
--- a/etc/git-filter-repo-pip.sh
+++ b/etc/git-filter-repo-pip.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ gfr --path README.rst \
 --path src/pip/_internal/utils/urls.py \
 --path src/pip/_internal/utils/hashes.py \
 --path src/pip/_internal/utils/models.py \
---path src/pip/_internal/utils/packaging.py \
+--path src/pip/_internal/utils/packvers.py \
 --path src/pip/_internal/models/link.py \
 --path src/pip/_vendor/pkg_resource/__init__.py \
 --path src/pip/_vendor/pkg_resource/__init__.py \
diff --git a/etc/scripts/requirements.txt b/etc/scripts/requirements.txt
index ebb404b7..7c514da9 100644
--- a/etc/scripts/requirements.txt
+++ b/etc/scripts/requirements.txt
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ pip
 setuptools
 twine
 wheel
-build
\ No newline at end of file
+build
+packvers
diff --git a/etc/scripts/utils_dejacode.py b/etc/scripts/utils_dejacode.py
index f28e2479..c42e6c93 100644
--- a/etc/scripts/utils_dejacode.py
+++ b/etc/scripts/utils_dejacode.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import requests
 import saneyaml
 
-from packaging import version as packaging_version
+from packvers import version as packaging_version
 
 """
 Utility to create and retrieve package and ABOUT file data from DejaCode.
diff --git a/etc/scripts/utils_pip_compatibility_tags.py b/etc/scripts/utils_pip_compatibility_tags.py
index 5d5eb34c..3fc77416 100644
--- a/etc/scripts/utils_pip_compatibility_tags.py
+++ b/etc/scripts/utils_pip_compatibility_tags.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 import re
 
-from packaging.tags import (
+from packvers.tags import (
     compatible_tags,
     cpython_tags,
     generic_tags,
@@ -40,13 +40,10 @@
 
 
 def version_info_to_nodot(version_info):
-    # type: (Tuple[int, ...]) -> str
-    # Only use up to the first two numbers.
     return "".join(map(str, version_info[:2]))
 
 
 def _mac_platforms(arch):
-    # type: (str) -> List[str]
     match = _osx_arch_pat.match(arch)
     if match:
         name, major, minor, actual_arch = match.groups()
@@ -57,7 +54,7 @@ def _mac_platforms(arch):
             # actual prefix provided by the user in case they provided
             # something like "macosxcustom_". It may be good to remove
             # this as undocumented or deprecate it in the future.
-            "{}_{}".format(name, arch[len("macosx_") :])
+            "{}_{}".format(name, arch[len("macosx_"):])
             for arch in mac_platforms(mac_version, actual_arch)
         ]
     else:
@@ -67,7 +64,6 @@ def _mac_platforms(arch):
 
 
 def _custom_manylinux_platforms(arch):
-    # type: (str) -> List[str]
     arches = [arch]
     arch_prefix, arch_sep, arch_suffix = arch.partition("_")
     if arch_prefix == "manylinux2014":
@@ -89,7 +85,6 @@ def _custom_manylinux_platforms(arch):
 
 
 def _get_custom_platforms(arch):
-    # type: (str) -> List[str]
     arch_prefix, _arch_sep, _arch_suffix = arch.partition("_")
     if arch.startswith("macosx"):
         arches = _mac_platforms(arch)
@@ -101,7 +96,6 @@ def _get_custom_platforms(arch):
 
 
 def _expand_allowed_platforms(platforms):
-    # type: (Optional[List[str]]) -> Optional[List[str]]
     if not platforms:
         return None
 
@@ -119,7 +113,6 @@ def _expand_allowed_platforms(platforms):
 
 
 def _get_python_version(version):
-    # type: (str) -> PythonVersion
     if len(version) > 1:
         return int(version[0]), int(version[1:])
     else:
@@ -127,7 +120,6 @@ def _get_python_version(version):
 
 
 def _get_custom_interpreter(implementation=None, version=None):
-    # type: (Optional[str], Optional[str]) -> str
     if implementation is None:
         implementation = interpreter_name()
     if version is None:
@@ -136,12 +128,11 @@ def _get_custom_interpreter(implementation=None, version=None):
 
 
 def get_supported(
-    version=None,  # type: Optional[str]
-    platforms=None,  # type: Optional[List[str]]
-    impl=None,  # type: Optional[str]
-    abis=None,  # type: Optional[List[str]]
+    version=None, 
+    platforms=None,  
+    impl=None,
+    abis=None,
 ):
-    # type: (...) -> List[Tag]
     """Return a list of supported tags for each version specified in
     `versions`.
 
@@ -154,9 +145,8 @@ def get_supported(
     :param abis: specify a list of abis you want valid
         tags for, or None. If None, use the local interpreter abi.
     """
-    supported = []  # type: List[Tag]
-
-    python_version = None  # type: Optional[PythonVersion]
+    supported = [] 
+    python_version = None  
     if version is not None:
         python_version = _get_python_version(version)
 
diff --git a/etc/scripts/utils_thirdparty.py b/etc/scripts/utils_thirdparty.py
index 53f2d33c..121af386 100644
--- a/etc/scripts/utils_thirdparty.py
+++ b/etc/scripts/utils_thirdparty.py
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
 from commoncode import fileutils
 from commoncode.hash import multi_checksums
 from commoncode.text import python_safe_name
-from packaging import tags as packaging_tags
-from packaging import version as packaging_version
+from packvers import tags as packaging_tags
+from packvers import version as packaging_version
 
 import utils_pip_compatibility_tags
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 75aa6c06..50ab07f8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-packaging
\ No newline at end of file
+packaging
+packvers
+pytest
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 0a6d0596..107072cd 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ packages = find:
 include_package_data = true
 py_modules =
     pip_requirements_parser
-    packaging_legacy_version
+    packvers_legacy_version
 zip_safe = false
 
 setup_requires = setuptools_scm[toml] >= 4
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ python_requires = >=3.6.0
 
 install_requires =
     packaging
+    packvers
     pyparsing
 
 
diff --git a/src/packaging_legacy_version.py b/src/packvers_legacy_version.py
similarity index 96%
rename from src/packaging_legacy_version.py
rename to src/packvers_legacy_version.py
index e511322c..89f028ee 100644
--- a/src/packaging_legacy_version.py
+++ b/src/packvers_legacy_version.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #
-# This is a heavily streamlined subset of the packaging.version@21.3 to extract
+# This is a heavily streamlined subset of the packvers.version@21.3 to extract
 # LegacyVersion that was dropped in version 22.
 #
 # SPDX-license-identifier: BSD-2-Clause or Apache-2.0
 # copyright (c) Donald Stufft and individual contributors
 #
 # This file is dual licensed under the terms of the Apache License, Version
-# 2.0, and the BSD License. See the packaging_legacy_version.LICENSE file in
+# 2.0, and the BSD License. See the packvers_legacy_version.LICENSE file in
 # this repository for complete details.
 #
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def _legacy_cmpkey(version: str) -> LegacyCmpKey:
     epoch = -1
 
     # This scheme is taken from pkg_resources.parse_version setuptools prior to
-    # it's adoption of the packaging library.
+    # it's adoption of the packvers library.
     parts: List[str] = []
     for part in _parse_version_parts(version.lower()):
         if part.startswith("*"):
diff --git a/src/packaging_legacy_version.py.ABOUT b/src/packvers_legacy_version.py.ABOUT
similarity index 100%
rename from src/packaging_legacy_version.py.ABOUT
rename to src/packvers_legacy_version.py.ABOUT
diff --git a/src/packaging_legacy_version.py.LICENSE b/src/packvers_legacy_version.py.LICENSE
similarity index 100%
rename from src/packaging_legacy_version.py.LICENSE
rename to src/packvers_legacy_version.py.LICENSE
diff --git a/src/packaging_legacy_version.py.LICENSE.APACHE b/src/packvers_legacy_version.py.LICENSE.APACHE
similarity index 100%
rename from src/packaging_legacy_version.py.LICENSE.APACHE
rename to src/packvers_legacy_version.py.LICENSE.APACHE
diff --git a/src/packaging_legacy_version.py.LICENSE.BSD b/src/packvers_legacy_version.py.LICENSE.BSD
similarity index 100%
rename from src/packaging_legacy_version.py.LICENSE.BSD
rename to src/packvers_legacy_version.py.LICENSE.BSD
diff --git a/src/pip_requirements_parser.py b/src/pip_requirements_parser.py
index 77f43a48..67ff441c 100644
--- a/src/pip_requirements_parser.py
+++ b/src/pip_requirements_parser.py
@@ -65,16 +65,16 @@
     cast,
 )
 
-from packaging.markers import Marker
-from packaging.requirements import InvalidRequirement
-from packaging.requirements import Requirement
-from packaging.specifiers import Specifier
-from packaging.specifiers import SpecifierSet
-from packaging.tags import Tag
-from packaging.version import parse
-from packaging.version import Version
-
-from packaging_legacy_version import LegacyVersion
+from packvers.markers import Marker
+from packvers.requirements import InvalidRequirement
+from packvers.requirements import Requirement
+from packvers.specifiers import Specifier
+from packvers.specifiers import SpecifierSet
+from packvers.tags import Tag
+from packvers.version import parse
+from packvers.version import Version
+
+from packvers.version import LegacyVersion
 """
 A pip requirements files parser, doing it as well as pip does it because it is
 based on pip's own code.
@@ -133,23 +133,23 @@
 # The pip requirement styles
 """
 A pip requirement line comes in many styles. Some are supported by the
-``packaging`` library some are not.
+``packvers`` library some are not.
 
 
-Standard ``packaging``-supported requirement lines
+Standard ``packvers``-supported requirement lines
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-- a standard ``packaging`` requirement as name[extras]<specifiers,>;marker
+- a standard ``packvers`` requirement as name[extras]<specifiers,>;marker
   For example: "django[extras]==3.2;marker"
 
     - non-standard pip additions: same with pip per-requirement options such
       as --hash
 
-- a standard ``packaging`` pep 508 URL as in name[extras]@url
-  This is a standard packaging requirement.
+- a standard ``packvers`` pep 508 URL as in name[extras]@url
+  This is a standard packvers requirement.
   For example: boolean.py[bar]@https://github.com/bastikr/boolean.py.git
 
-    - non-standard pip additions: support for VCS URLs. packaging can parse
+    - non-standard pip additions: support for VCS URLs. packvers can parse
       these though pip's code is needed to interpret them.
       For example: boolean.py[bar]@git+https://github.com/bastikr/boolean.py.git
 
@@ -1698,7 +1698,7 @@ def _compare(self, other: Any, method: Callable[[Any, Any], bool]) -> bool:
 
 
 ################################################################################
-# PIPREQPARSE: from src/pip/_internal/utils/packaging.py
+# PIPREQPARSE: from src/pip/_internal/utils/packvers.py
 
 NormalizedExtra = NewType("NormalizedExtra", str)
 
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ def safe_extra(extra: str) -> NormalizedExtra:
     """
     return cast(NormalizedExtra, re.sub("[^A-Za-z0-9.-]+", "_", extra).lower())
 
-# PIPREQPARSE: end from src/pip/_internal/utils/packaging.py
+# PIPREQPARSE: end from src/pip/_internal/utils/packvers.py
 ################################################################################
 
 
@@ -1953,10 +1953,10 @@ def __init__(
         """
         Initialize a new pip requirement
         
-        - ``req`` is a packaging Requirement object that may be None
+        - ``req`` is a packvers Requirement object that may be None
         - ``requirement_line`` is the original line this requirement was found
         - ``link`` is a Link object provided when the requirement is a path or URL
-        - ``marker`` is a packaging Marker object.
+        - ``marker`` is a packvers Marker object.
           This is provided when a marker is used and there is no ``req`` Requirement.
         - ``install_options``, ``global_options`` and ``hash_options`` are the
           CLI-style pip options for this specifc requirement.
@@ -2255,7 +2255,7 @@ def dumps(self, with_name=True) -> str:
 def _as_version(version: Union[str, LegacyVersion, Version]
 ) -> Union[LegacyVersion, Version]:
     """
-    Return a packaging Version-like object suitable for sorting
+    Return a packvers Version-like object suitable for sorting
     """
     if isinstance(version, (LegacyVersion, Version)):
         return version
@@ -2279,7 +2279,7 @@ class EditableRequirement(InstallRequirement):
     """
     Represents a pip editable requirement.
     These are special because they are unique to pip (e.g., they cannot be
-    specified only as packaging.requriements.Requirement.
+    specified only as packvers.requriements.Requirement.
     They track:
     - a path/ or a path/subpath to a dir with an optional [extra]. 
     - a VCS URL with a package name i.e., the "#egg=<name>" fragment
@@ -2290,7 +2290,7 @@ class EditableRequirement(InstallRequirement):
       is the same as:
        -e git+https://github.com/bastikr/boolean.py.git#egg=boolean.py
     
-    As a recap for VCS URL in #egg=<name> the <name> can be a packaging
+    As a recap for VCS URL in #egg=<name> the <name> can be a packvers
     Requirement-compatible string, but only name is kept and used.
     Trailing marker is an error
     """
@@ -2764,7 +2764,7 @@ def parse_reqparts_from_string(requirement_string: str) -> RequirementParts:
             # will become an 'unnamed' requirement
             req_as_string = link.egg_fragment
 
-    # a requirement specifier that should be packaging-parsable.
+    # a requirement specifier that should be packvers-parsable.
     # this includes name@url
     else:
         req_as_string = requirement_string_no_marker
diff --git a/tests/test_packaging_legacy_version.py b/tests/test_packvers_legacy_version.py
similarity index 95%
rename from tests/test_packaging_legacy_version.py
rename to tests/test_packvers_legacy_version.py
index 86809dc0..cede2c3c 100644
--- a/tests/test_packaging_legacy_version.py
+++ b/tests/test_packvers_legacy_version.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 #
-# This is a heavily streamlined subset of the packaging.version@21.3 to extract
+# This is a heavily streamlined subset of the packvers.version@21.3 to extract
 # LegacyVersion that was dropped in version 22.
 #
 # SPDX-license-identifier: BSD-2-Clause or Apache-2.0
 # copyright (c) Donald Stufft and individual contributors
 #
 # This file is dual licensed under the terms of the Apache License, Version
-# 2.0, and the BSD License. See the packaging_legacy_version.LICENSE file in
+# 2.0, and the BSD License. See the packvers_legacy_version.LICENSE file in
 # this repository for complete details.
 #
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
-from packaging_legacy_version import parse, LegacyVersion
+from packvers.version import parse, LegacyVersion
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def test_parse(version, klass):
 
 class TestLegacyVersion:
 
-    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="We vendored packaging to reinstate LegacyVersion")
+    @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="We vendored packvers to reinstate LegacyVersion")
     def test_legacy_version_is_deprecated(self):
         with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as w:
             LegacyVersion("some-legacy-version")
diff --git a/tests/test_packaging_legacy_version.py.ABOUT b/tests/test_packvers_legacy_version.py.ABOUT
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/test_packaging_legacy_version.py.ABOUT
rename to tests/test_packvers_legacy_version.py.ABOUT
diff --git a/tests/test_packaging_legacy_version.py.LICENSE b/tests/test_packvers_legacy_version.py.LICENSE
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/test_packaging_legacy_version.py.LICENSE
rename to tests/test_packvers_legacy_version.py.LICENSE
diff --git a/tests/test_packaging_legacy_version.py.LICENSE.APACHE b/tests/test_packvers_legacy_version.py.LICENSE.APACHE
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/test_packaging_legacy_version.py.LICENSE.APACHE
rename to tests/test_packvers_legacy_version.py.LICENSE.APACHE
diff --git a/tests/test_packaging_legacy_version.py.LICENSE.BSD b/tests/test_packvers_legacy_version.py.LICENSE.BSD
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/test_packaging_legacy_version.py.LICENSE.BSD
rename to tests/test_packvers_legacy_version.py.LICENSE.BSD