diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 836dbe2814..5789e0843a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ description = "An extremely fast Python linter and code formatter, written in Ru
 authors = [{ name = "Astral Software Inc.", email = "hey@astral.sh" }]
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.7"
-license = "MIT"
-license-files = ["LICENSE"]
+license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 keywords = [
     "automation",
     "flake8",