diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4608eecc9..98c5473e7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "torchcodec"
 description = "A video decoder for PyTorch"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
-license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 authors = [
     { name = "PyTorch Team", email = "packages@pytorch.org" },
 ]