diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pika/pika_instrumentor.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pika/pika_instrumentor.py
index 879ad0609d..7666582ab7 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pika/pika_instrumentor.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pika/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/pika/pika_instrumentor.py
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 from logging import getLogger
 from typing import Any, Collection, Dict, Optional
 
-import pkg_resources
 import wrapt
 from packaging import version
+import pika
 from pika.adapters import BlockingConnection
 from pika.adapters.blocking_connection import BlockingChannel
 
@@ -34,7 +34,20 @@
 _FUNCTIONS_TO_UNINSTRUMENT = ["basic_publish"]
 
 
+def _consumer_callback_attribute_name() -> str:
+    pika_version = version.parse(
+        pika.__version__
+    )
+    return (
+        "on_message_callback"
+        if pika_version >= version.parse("1.0.0")
+        else "consumer_cb"
+    )
+
+
 class PikaInstrumentor(BaseInstrumentor):  # type: ignore
+    CONSUMER_CALLBACK_ATTR = _consumer_callback_attribute_name()
+
     # pylint: disable=attribute-defined-outside-init
     @staticmethod
     def _instrument_blocking_channel_consumers(
@@ -44,7 +57,7 @@ def _instrument_blocking_channel_consumers(
     ) -> Any:
         for consumer_tag, consumer_info in channel._consumer_infos.items():
             callback_attr = (
-                PikaInstrumentor._consumer_callback_attribute_name()
+                PikaInstrumentor.CONSUMER_CALLBACK_ATTR
             )
             consumer_callback = getattr(consumer_info, callback_attr)
             decorated_callback = utils._decorate_callback(
@@ -133,7 +146,7 @@ def uninstrument_channel(channel: BlockingChannel) -> None:
 
         for consumers_tag, client_info in channel._consumer_infos.items():
             callback_attr = (
-                PikaInstrumentor._consumer_callback_attribute_name()
+                PikaInstrumentor.CONSUMER_CALLBACK_ATTR
             )
             consumer_callback = getattr(client_info, callback_attr)
             if hasattr(consumer_callback, "_original_callback"):
@@ -142,17 +155,6 @@ def uninstrument_channel(channel: BlockingChannel) -> None:
                 ] = consumer_callback._original_callback
         PikaInstrumentor._uninstrument_channel_functions(channel)
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _consumer_callback_attribute_name() -> str:
-        pika_version = version.parse(
-            pkg_resources.get_distribution("pika").version
-        )
-        return (
-            "on_message_callback"
-            if pika_version >= version.parse("1.0.0")
-            else "consumer_cb"
-        )
-
     def _decorate_channel_function(
         self,
         tracer_provider: Optional[TracerProvider],
diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pika/tests/test_pika_instrumentation.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pika/tests/test_pika_instrumentation.py
index 3e949c43ab..3c176f21d0 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pika/tests/test_pika_instrumentation.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-pika/tests/test_pika_instrumentation.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class TestPika(TestCase):
     def setUp(self) -> None:
         self.channel = mock.MagicMock(spec=Channel)
         consumer_info = mock.MagicMock()
-        callback_attr = PikaInstrumentor._consumer_callback_attribute_name()
+        callback_attr = PikaInstrumentor.CONSUMER_CALLBACK_ATTR
         setattr(consumer_info, callback_attr, mock.MagicMock())
         self.channel._consumer_infos = {"consumer-tag": consumer_info}
         self.mock_callback = mock.MagicMock()
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def test_instrument_consumers(
         self, decorate_callback: mock.MagicMock
     ) -> None:
         tracer = mock.MagicMock(spec=Tracer)
-        callback_attr = PikaInstrumentor._consumer_callback_attribute_name()
+        callback_attr = PikaInstrumentor.CONSUMER_CALLBACK_ATTR
         expected_decoration_calls = [
             mock.call(
                 getattr(value, callback_attr), tracer, key, dummy_callback