diff --git a/python/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml b/python/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
index c738041..2df763e 100644
--- a/python/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Bio-Informatics",
-    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
@@ -17,7 +16,8 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 description = "{{ cookiecutter.description }}"
-license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+license = "MIT"
+license_files = ["LICENSE"]
 dependencies = [
 {%- if cookiecutter.add_cli %}
     "click",
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Source = "https://github.com/{{ cookiecutter.org }}/{{ cookiecutter.repo }}"
 {%- endif %}
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=77.0", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]