diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index fe95fd0f..1188e3b7 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
         args: [--no-strict-optional, --ignore-missing-imports]
-        additional_dependencies:
-          ["types-pkg-resources", "types-requests", "types-attrs"]
+        additional_dependencies: ["types-requests", "types-attrs"]
         exclude: |
           (?x)(
               __init__.py | bionty_base/entities/_shared_docstrings.py|
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66f816a2..c490ca96 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/laminlabs/bionty-base/graph/badge.svg?token=8292E0S0Z7)](https://codecov.io/gh/laminlabs/bionty-base)
 [![pypi](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/bionty-base?color=blue&label=pypi%20package)](https://pypi.org/project/bionty-base)
 
+> **⚠️ Warning: This package has been replaced by [laminlabs/bionty](https://github.com/laminlabs/bionty). Please update your dependencies accordingly. If you are using lamindb, please remove the bionty-base package from your environment.**
+
 # `bionty-base`
 
 Access public biological ontologies.