diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4f08690d2..b91beb90b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ description = "Temporal.io Python SDK"
 authors = [{ name = "Temporal Technologies Inc", email = "sdk@temporal.io" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 readme = "README.md"
-license = "MIT"
-license-files = ["LICENSE"]
+license = { text = "MIT" }
 keywords = ["temporal", "workflow"]
 dependencies = [
   "nexus-rpc==1.4.0",