diff --git a/conda-recipe-cf/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe-cf/meta.yaml
index ebedddbb..fc9a9a4e 100644
--- a/conda-recipe-cf/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe-cf/meta.yaml
@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@ requirements:
       - {{ compiler('c') }}
     host:
       - python
-      - setuptools
+      - setuptools >=77
       - mkl-devel
       - cython
       - numpy
     run:
       - python
-      - mkl
       - mkl-service
       - numpy
 
@@ -41,6 +40,6 @@ test:
 
 about:
     home: http://github.com/IntelPython/mkl_fft
-    license: BSD-3
+    license: BSD-3-Clause
     license_file: LICENSE.txt
     summary: NumPy-based implementation of Fast Fourier Transform using Intel (R) Math Kernel Library
diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index f5b042d0..98905ac5 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@ requirements:
       - {{ compiler('c') }}
     host:
       - python
-      - setuptools
+      - setuptools >=77
       - mkl-devel
       - cython
       - numpy-base
     run:
       - python
-      - mkl
       - mkl-service
       - {{ pin_compatible('numpy') }}
 
@@ -41,6 +40,6 @@ test:
 
 about:
     home: http://github.com/IntelPython/mkl_fft
-    license: BSD-3
+    license: BSD-3-Clause
     license_file: LICENSE.txt
     summary: NumPy-based implementation of Fast Fourier Transform using Intel (R) Math Kernel Library
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d6106ec5..320bcbf9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 [build-system]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
-requires = ["setuptools>=64", "Cython", "numpy"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=77", "Cython", "numpy", "mkl-devel"]
 
 [project]
 authors = [
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ classifiers = [
   "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
   "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
   "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-  "License :: OSI Approved",
   "Programming Language :: C",
   "Programming Language :: Python",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
@@ -50,11 +49,11 @@ classifiers = [
   "Operating System :: POSIX",
   "Operating System :: Unix"
 ]
-dependencies = ["numpy >=1.26.4", "mkl", "mkl-service"]
+dependencies = ["numpy>=1.26.4", "mkl-service"]
 description = "MKL-based FFT transforms for NumPy arrays"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 keywords = ["DFTI", "FFT", "Fourier", "MKL"]
-license = {text = "BSD"}
+license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 name = "mkl_fft"
 readme = {file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown"}
 requires-python = ">=3.9,<3.13"