diff --git a/testgres/utils.py b/testgres/utils.py
index 4d99c69d..d8006d08 100644
--- a/testgres/utils.py
+++ b/testgres/utils.py
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@
 
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from packaging.version import Version
-from distutils.spawn import find_executable
+try:
+    from shutil import which as find_executable
+except ImportError:
+    from distutils.spawn import find_executable
 from six import iteritems
 
 from .config import testgres_config