diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 872fb90..dce820f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "setuptools",
-    "setuptools_scm>=6.2",
+    "setuptools_scm>=6.2,<8",
     "jinja2>=2.10.3",
     "numpy>=1.25,<2; python_version<'3.12'",
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index aaeabeb..b08b565 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = pyerfa
 author = The PyERFA Developers
 license = BSD 3-Clause License
-license_file = LICENSE.rst
+license_files = LICENSE.rst
 url = https://github.com/liberfa/pyerfa
 description = Python bindings for ERFA
 long_description = file: README.rst