diff --git a/kedro/framework/cli/micropkg.py b/kedro/framework/cli/micropkg.py
index fcf94a2144..fecf4260fa 100644
--- a/kedro/framework/cli/micropkg.py
+++ b/kedro/framework/cli/micropkg.py
@@ -574,15 +574,6 @@ def _sync_path_list(source: list[tuple[Path, str]], target: Path) -> None:
         _sync_dirs(source_path, target_with_suffix)
 
 
-def _make_install_requires(requirements_txt: Path) -> list[str]:
-    """Parses each line of requirements.txt into a version specifier valid to put in
-    install_requires."""
-    if not requirements_txt.exists():
-        return []
-    requirements = pkg_resources.parse_requirements(requirements_txt.read_text())
-    return [str(requirement) for requirement in requirements]
-
-
 def _create_nested_package(project: Project, package_path: Path) -> Path:
     # fails if parts of the path exists already
     packages = package_path.parts
@@ -746,9 +737,12 @@ def _generate_sdist_file(
 
         # Build a setup.py on the fly
         try:
-            install_requires = _make_install_requires(
-                metadata.project_path / "requirements.txt"  # type: ignore
-            )
+            install_requires = [
+                str(req)
+                for req in _safe_parse_requirements(
+                    (metadata.project_path / "requirements.txt").read_text()  # type: ignore
+                )
+            ]
         except Exception as exc:
             click.secho("FAILED", fg="red")
             cls = exc.__class__