--- ./versioneer.py.orig	2023-09-29 10:02:24.403985079 -0400
+++ ./versioneer.py	2023-09-29 10:02:36.679060444 -0400
@@ -339,9 +339,9 @@
     # configparser.NoOptionError (if it lacks "VCS="). See the docstring at
     # the top of versioneer.py for instructions on writing your setup.cfg .
     setup_cfg = os.path.join(root, "setup.cfg")
-    parser = configparser.SafeConfigParser()
+    parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
     with open(setup_cfg, "r") as f:
-        parser.readfp(f)
+        parser.read_file(f)
     VCS = parser.get("versioneer", "VCS")  # mandatory
 
     def get(parser, name):
