diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 666caf4..7f7df46 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ maintainers = [
 description = "A Python client library for the PyST (Python Semantic Taxonomy) API"
 readme = "README.md"
 dynamic = ["version"]
-license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+license = "MIT"
+license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",