diff --git a/monai/utils/module.py b/monai/utils/module.py
index 1da75370d3..204697ffa1 100644
--- a/monai/utils/module.py
+++ b/monai/utils/module.py
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ def version_leq(lhs: str, rhs: str) -> bool:
     if has_ver:
         try:
             return cast(bool, pkging.version.Version(lhs) <= pkging.version.Version(rhs))
-        except pkging.version.Version.InvalidVersion:
+        except pkging.version.InvalidVersion:
             return True
 
     lhs_, rhs_ = parse_version_strs(lhs, rhs)
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ def version_geq(lhs: str, rhs: str) -> bool:
     if has_ver:
         try:
             return cast(bool, pkging.version.Version(lhs) >= pkging.version.Version(rhs))
-        except pkging.version.Version.InvalidVersion:
+        except pkging.version.InvalidVersion:
             return True
 
     lhs_, rhs_ = parse_version_strs(lhs, rhs)
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 79572f099d..72ba210093 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -59,4 +59,3 @@ nvidia-ml-py
 huggingface_hub
 pyamg>=5.0.0
 git+https://github.com/Project-MONAI/GenerativeModels.git@7428fce193771e9564f29b91d29e523dd1b6b4cd
-packaging