diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 07584951..9a1b203d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ requires-python = ">=3.9"
 
 description = "Foreign Function Interface for Python calling C code."
 readme = {file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown"}
-license = "MIT"
+license = { file = "LICENSE" }
 classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",