diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 3aee38ea8..bbb5409f4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@
   - added `query.QueryConformanceClasses` Enum
   - added `SortConformanceClasses` Enum
 
+- removed `StacApi.customize_openapi` method
+- reordered `StacApi` attributes (moved `title`, `api_version` and `description` before `app`)
+
+### Added
+
+* forward `StacApi.title`, `StacApi.api_version` and `Stac.Api.description` to the FastAPI application
+
 ## [4.0.1] - 2025-01-23
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/stac_fastapi/api/stac_fastapi/api/app.py b/stac_fastapi/api/stac_fastapi/api/app.py
index 22c85f6e2..3e5d74a1e 100644
--- a/stac_fastapi/api/stac_fastapi/api/app.py
+++ b/stac_fastapi/api/stac_fastapi/api/app.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 """Fastapi app creation."""
 
 
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union
+from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union
 
 import attr
 from brotli_asgi import BrotliMiddleware
 from fastapi import APIRouter, FastAPI
-from fastapi.openapi.utils import get_openapi
 from fastapi.params import Depends
 from stac_pydantic import api
 from stac_pydantic.api.collections import Collections
@@ -71,19 +70,6 @@ class StacApi:
     exceptions: Dict[Type[Exception], int] = attr.ib(
         default=attr.Factory(lambda: DEFAULT_STATUS_CODES)
     )
-    app: FastAPI = attr.ib(
-        default=attr.Factory(
-            lambda self: FastAPI(
-                openapi_url=self.settings.openapi_url,
-                docs_url=self.settings.docs_url,
-                redoc_url=None,
-                root_path=self.settings.root_path,
-            ),
-            takes_self=True,
-        ),
-        converter=update_openapi,
-    )
-    router: APIRouter = attr.ib(default=attr.Factory(APIRouter))
     title: str = attr.ib(
         default=attr.Factory(
             lambda self: self.settings.stac_fastapi_title, takes_self=True
@@ -100,6 +86,22 @@ class StacApi:
             lambda self: self.settings.stac_fastapi_description, takes_self=True
         )
     )
+    app: FastAPI = attr.ib(
+        default=attr.Factory(
+            lambda self: FastAPI(
+                openapi_url=self.settings.openapi_url,
+                docs_url=self.settings.docs_url,
+                redoc_url=None,
+                root_path=self.settings.root_path,
+                title=self.title,
+                version=self.api_version,
+                description=self.description,
+            ),
+            takes_self=True,
+        ),
+        converter=update_openapi,
+    )
+    router: APIRouter = attr.ib(default=attr.Factory(APIRouter))
     search_get_request_model: Type[BaseSearchGetRequest] = attr.ib(
         default=BaseSearchGetRequest
     )
@@ -388,22 +390,6 @@ def register_core(self):
         self.register_get_collection()
         self.register_get_item_collection()
 
-    def customize_openapi(self) -> Optional[Dict[str, Any]]:
-        """Customize openapi schema."""
-        if self.app.openapi_schema:
-            return self.app.openapi_schema
-
-        openapi_schema = get_openapi(
-            title=self.title,
-            version=self.api_version,
-            description=self.description,
-            routes=self.app.routes,
-            servers=self.app.servers,
-        )
-
-        self.app.openapi_schema = openapi_schema
-        return self.app.openapi_schema
-
     def add_health_check(self):
         """Add a health check."""
         mgmt_router = APIRouter(prefix=self.app.state.router_prefix)
@@ -467,9 +453,6 @@ def __attrs_post_init__(self):
         # register exception handlers
         add_exception_handlers(self.app, status_codes=self.exceptions)
 
-        # customize openapi
-        self.app.openapi = self.customize_openapi
-
         # add middlewares
         if self.middlewares and self.app.middleware_stack is not None:
             raise RuntimeError("Cannot add middleware after an application has started")
diff --git a/stac_fastapi/api/tests/test_app_prefix.py b/stac_fastapi/api/tests/test_app_prefix.py
index 0c5db5774..196e46135 100644
--- a/stac_fastapi/api/tests/test_app_prefix.py
+++ b/stac_fastapi/api/tests/test_app_prefix.py
@@ -208,3 +208,30 @@ def test_api_prefix_with_root_path(TestCoreClient, prefix):
 
             resp = client.get(prefix + expected_path)
             assert resp.status_code == 200
+
+
+def test_api_fastapi_option(TestCoreClient):
+    api_settings = ApiSettings(
+        stac_fastapi_title="stac-fastapi-tests",
+        stac_fastapi_description="test for stac-fastapi",
+        stac_fastapi_version="0.1.0dev",
+    )
+
+    api = StacApi(
+        settings=api_settings,
+        client=TestCoreClient(),
+    )
+
+    with TestClient(api.app, base_url="http://stac.io") as client:
+        landing = client.get("/")
+        assert landing.status_code == 200
+        body = landing.json()
+        assert body["title"] == "stac-fastapi-tests"
+        assert body["description"] == "test for stac-fastapi"
+
+        service_desc = client.get("/api")
+        assert service_desc.status_code == 200
+        body = service_desc.json()["info"]
+        assert body["title"] == "stac-fastapi-tests"
+        assert body["description"] == "test for stac-fastapi"
+        assert body["version"] == "0.1.0dev"