diff --git a/ez_setup.py b/ez_setup.py
index 89cf056d9116219f3891eeee74c1e60af2375a92..d24e845e58d628c2fe2215726b3e99497210bf7c 100644
--- a/ez_setup.py
+++ b/ez_setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ the appropriate options to ``use_setuptools()``.
 This file can also be run as a script to install or upgrade setuptools.
 """
 import sys
-DEFAULT_VERSION = "0.6c8"
+DEFAULT_VERSION = "0.6c9"
 DEFAULT_URL     = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/%s/s/setuptools/" % sys.version[:3]
 
 md5_data = {
@@ -48,13 +48,18 @@ md5_data = {
     'setuptools-0.6c8-py2.3.egg': '50759d29b349db8cfd807ba8303f1902',
     'setuptools-0.6c8-py2.4.egg': 'cba38d74f7d483c06e9daa6070cce6de',
     'setuptools-0.6c8-py2.5.egg': '1721747ee329dc150590a58b3e1ac95b',
+    'setuptools-0.6c9-py2.3.egg': 'a83c4020414807b496e4cfbe08507c03',
+    'setuptools-0.6c9-py2.4.egg': '260a2be2e5388d66bdaee06abec6342a',
+    'setuptools-0.6c9-py2.5.egg': 'fe67c3e5a17b12c0e7c541b7ea43a8e6',
+    'setuptools-0.6c9-py2.6.egg': 'ca37b1ff16fa2ede6e19383e7b59245a',
 }
 
 import sys, os
+try: from hashlib import md5
+except ImportError: from md5 import md5
 
 def _validate_md5(egg_name, data):
     if egg_name in md5_data:
-        from md5 import md5
         digest = md5(data).hexdigest()
         if digest != md5_data[egg_name]:
             print >>sys.stderr, (
@@ -64,7 +69,6 @@ def _validate_md5(egg_name, data):
             sys.exit(2)
     return data
 
-
 def use_setuptools(
     version=DEFAULT_VERSION, download_base=DEFAULT_URL, to_dir=os.curdir,
     download_delay=15
@@ -233,7 +237,6 @@ def update_md5(filenames):
     """Update our built-in md5 registry"""
 
     import re
-    from md5 import md5
 
     for name in filenames:
         base = os.path.basename(name)
@@ -270,3 +273,4 @@ if __name__=='__main__':
 
 
 
+