diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 738330739b..6d5a567ae7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["hatchling", "hatch-vcs"]
+requires = ["hatchling>=1.27.0", "hatch-vcs"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ classifiers = [
     'Intended Audience :: Developers',
     'Intended Audience :: Information Technology',
     'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
-    'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
     'Programming Language :: Python',
     'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
     'Operating System :: Unix',
@@ -56,7 +55,8 @@ classifiers = [
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12',
     'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13',
 ]
-license = {text = "MIT License"}
+license = "MIT"
+license-files = ["LICENSE.txt"]
 keywords = ["Python", "compressed", "ndimensional-arrays", "zarr"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]