diff --git a/components/polylith/project/templates.py b/components/polylith/project/templates.py
index dadd2611..d66598e6 100644
--- a/components/polylith/project/templates.py
+++ b/components/polylith/project/templates.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 """
 
 hatch_pyproject = """\
-build-system]
+[build-system]
 requires = ["hatchling"]
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
diff --git a/components/polylith/repo/get.py b/components/polylith/repo/get.py
index 83182cb6..55287455 100644
--- a/components/polylith/repo/get.py
+++ b/components/polylith/repo/get.py
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ def get_metadata_section(data: dict) -> dict:
     return data["project"] if is_pep_621_ready(data) else data["tool"]["poetry"]
 
 
-def get_authors(path: Path) -> list:
+def get_authors(path: Path) -> str:
     data = get_pyproject_data(path)
     section = get_metadata_section(data)
 
-    return section.get("authors", [])
+    return section.get("authors", []).as_string()
 
 
 def get_python_version(path: Path) -> str:
diff --git a/projects/hatch_polylith_bricks/pyproject.toml b/projects/hatch_polylith_bricks/pyproject.toml
index 639e2b3c..baedc552 100644
--- a/projects/hatch_polylith_bricks/pyproject.toml
+++ b/projects/hatch_polylith_bricks/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "hatch-polylith-bricks"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1"
 description = "Hatch build hook plugin for Polylith"
 authors = ['David Vujic']
 homepage = "https://davidvujic.github.io/python-polylith-docs/"
diff --git a/projects/poetry_polylith_plugin/pyproject.toml b/projects/poetry_polylith_plugin/pyproject.toml
index 35e96845..a88de0cc 100644
--- a/projects/poetry_polylith_plugin/pyproject.toml
+++ b/projects/poetry_polylith_plugin/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "poetry-polylith-plugin"
-version = "1.14.5"
+version = "1.14.6"
 description = "A Poetry plugin that adds tooling support for the Polylith Architecture"
 authors = ["David Vujic"]
 homepage = "https://davidvujic.github.io/python-polylith-docs/"
diff --git a/projects/polylith_cli/pyproject.toml b/projects/polylith_cli/pyproject.toml
index 897d6736..51e4cbdf 100644
--- a/projects/polylith_cli/pyproject.toml
+++ b/projects/polylith_cli/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "polylith-cli"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1"
 description = "Python tooling support for the Polylith Architecture"
 authors = ['David Vujic']
 homepage = "https://davidvujic.github.io/python-polylith-docs/"
diff --git a/test/components/polylith/repo/test_repo_get.py b/test/components/polylith/repo/test_repo_get.py
index e0d650a6..d87c6109 100644
--- a/test/components/polylith/repo/test_repo_get.py
+++ b/test/components/polylith/repo/test_repo_get.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def test_get_metadata_section():
 
 
 def test_get_authors_for_poetry_toml(monkeypatch):
-    expected = ["Unit Test"]
+    expected = '["Unit Test"]'
     data = poetry_toml.format(authors=expected)
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(repo.get, "get_pyproject_data", lambda _: tomlkit.loads(data))
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def test_get_authors_for_pep_621_compliant_toml(monkeypatch):
 
     monkeypatch.setattr(repo.get, "get_pyproject_data", lambda _: tomlkit.loads(data))
 
-    assert repo.get.get_authors(path) == [{"name": "Unit Test", "email": "the-email"}]
+    assert repo.get.get_authors(path) == authors
 
 
 def test_get_python_version_for_poetry_toml(monkeypatch):