diff --git a/kedro/framework/cli/micropkg.py b/kedro/framework/cli/micropkg.py
index 222ded2531..fb0d202187 100644
--- a/kedro/framework/cli/micropkg.py
+++ b/kedro/framework/cli/micropkg.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 from typing import Iterable, List, Tuple, Union
 
 import click
+from build.util import project_wheel_metadata
 from packaging.requirements import InvalidRequirement, Requirement
 from rope.base.project import Project
 from rope.contrib import generate
@@ -131,6 +132,17 @@ def pull_package(  # pylint:disable=unused-argument, too-many-arguments
     click.secho(message, fg="green")
 
 
+def _get_library_reqs(metadata):
+    # https://discuss.python.org/t/\
+    # programmatically-getting-non-optional-requirements-of-current-directory/26963/2
+    return [
+        str(req)
+        for dep_str in metadata.get_all("Requires-Dist")
+        for req in (Requirement(dep_str),)
+        if not req.marker or req.marker.evaluate()
+    ]
+
+
 # pylint: disable=too-many-arguments, too-many-locals
 def _pull_package(
     package_path: str,
@@ -144,25 +156,10 @@ def _pull_package(
         temp_dir_path = Path(temp_dir).resolve()
         _unpack_sdist(package_path, temp_dir_path, fs_args)
 
-        egg_info_files = list((temp_dir_path).rglob("*.egg-info"))
-        if len(egg_info_files) != 1:
-            raise KedroCliError(
-                f"More than 1 or no egg-info files found from {package_path}. "
-                f"There has to be exactly one egg-info directory."
-            )
-        egg_info_file = egg_info_files[0]
-        package_name = egg_info_file.stem
-        package_requirements = egg_info_file.parent / "setup.py"
-
-        # Finds a string representation of 'install_requires' list from setup.py
-        reqs_list_pattern = r"install_requires\=(.*?)\,\n"
-        list_reqs = re.findall(
-            reqs_list_pattern, package_requirements.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
-        )
-
-        # Finds all elements from the above string representation of a list
-        reqs_element_pattern = r"\'(.*?)\'"
-        package_reqs = re.findall(reqs_element_pattern, list_reqs[0])
+        project_root_dir = temp_dir_path
+        meta = project_wheel_metadata(project_root_dir)
+        package_name = meta.get("Name")
+        package_reqs = _get_library_reqs(meta)
 
         if package_reqs:
             requirements_txt = metadata.source_dir / "requirements.txt"
@@ -172,7 +169,7 @@ def _pull_package(
         _install_files(
             metadata,
             package_name,
-            egg_info_file.parent,
+            project_root_dir,
             env,
             alias,
             destination,