diff --git a/odoo/http.py b/odoo/http.py
index f26dd52db235c..9689fc894b2b1 100644
--- a/odoo/http.py
+++ b/odoo/http.py
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
 import glob
 import hashlib
 import hmac
+import importlib.metadata
 import inspect
 import json
 import logging
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ def get_default_session():
     'alias', 'host', 'methods',
 }
 
-if parse_version(werkzeug.__version__) >= parse_version('2.0.2'):
+if parse_version(importlib.metadata.version('werkzeug')) >= parse_version('2.0.2'):
     # Werkzeug 2.0.2 adds the websocket option. If a websocket request
     # (ws/wss) is trying to access an HTTP route, a WebsocketMismatch
     # exception is raised. On the other hand, Werkzeug 0.16 does not