diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index adc392d..04ef3e1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ The rules for this file:
   * Note: rules were not applied before v0.6.0
 
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+??/??/???? IAlibay
+
+  * 0.8.0
+
+  Changes
+
+  * The mda-xdrlib library is now used instead of the deprecated xdrlib
+    Python library (PR #67)
+
 12/15/2022 BFedder, IAlibay
 
   * 0.7.1
diff --git a/pyedr/pyedr/pyedr.py b/pyedr/pyedr/pyedr.py
index cd954c7..e9b11a3 100644
--- a/pyedr/pyedr/pyedr.py
+++ b/pyedr/pyedr/pyedr.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 .. autofunction:: edr_to_dict
 """
-import xdrlib
+from mda_xdrlib import xdrlib
 import collections
 import warnings
 import sys
diff --git a/pyedr/requirements.txt b/pyedr/requirements.txt
index 91f6432..54c997e 100644
--- a/pyedr/requirements.txt
+++ b/pyedr/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 numpy>=1.19.0
 pbr
 tqdm
+mda-xdrlib
diff --git a/pyedr/setup.cfg b/pyedr/setup.cfg
index 985fcd0..8723d3b 100644
--- a/pyedr/setup.cfg
+++ b/pyedr/setup.cfg
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ install_requires =
     numpy
     pbr
     tqdm
+    mda-xdrlib
 
 [options.extras_require]
 test =