diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b9e7b2e3..8e7dec64 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ name = "aiokafka"
 description = "Kafka integration with asyncio"
 readme = "README.rst"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
-license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+license = { text = "Apache-2.0" }
 authors = [
     { name = "Andrew Svetlov", email = "andrew.svetlov@gmail.com" },
 ]