diff --git a/src/virtualenv/activation/via_template.py b/src/virtualenv/activation/via_template.py
index bfb974413..2900b4a92 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/activation/via_template.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/activation/via_template.py
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 from .activator import Activator
 
 if sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
-    from importlib.resources import read_binary
+    from importlib.resources import files
 else:
-    from importlib_resources import read_binary
+    from importlib_resources import files
 
 
 class ViaTemplateActivator(Activator, metaclass=ABCMeta):
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ def as_name(self, template):
 
     def instantiate_template(self, replacements, template, creator):
         # read content as binary to avoid platform specific line normalization (\n -> \r\n)
-        binary = read_binary(self.__module__, str(template))
+        binary = (files(self.__module__) / str(template)).read_bytes()
         text = binary.decode("utf-8", errors="strict")
         for key, value in replacements.items():
             value = self._repr_unicode(creator, value)
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 3d14359fc..d1fe09108 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ setenv =
 skip_install = true
 deps =
     coverage>=6.5
-    diff_cover>=7.0.1
+    diff_cover>=7.0.2
 extras =
 parallel_show_output = true
 commands =