diff --git a/scripts/eachdist.py b/scripts/eachdist.py
index 92644573a..eed31eb62 100755
--- a/scripts/eachdist.py
+++ b/scripts/eachdist.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from configparser import ConfigParser
 from datetime import datetime
 from inspect import cleandoc
 from itertools import chain
+from os.path import basename
 from pathlib import Path, PurePath
 
 DEFAULT_ALLSEP = " "
@@ -631,9 +632,7 @@ def update_dependencies(targets, version, packages):
         if str(pkg) == "all":
             continue
         print(pkg)
-        package_name = str(pkg).split("/", maxsplit=1)[-1]
-        # Windows uses backslashes
-        package_name = str(pkg).split("\\", maxsplit=1)[-1]
+        package_name = basename(pkg)
         print(package_name)
 
         update_files(