diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 206708e4e350..7ca4424a02cd 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project(
-  'SciPy',
+  'scipy',
   'c', 'cpp', 'cython',
   # Note that the git commit hash cannot be added dynamically here (it is added
   # in the dynamically generated and installed `scipy/version.py` though - see
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e5a0328ca4df..3d334c100134 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ requires = [
 ]
 
 [project]
-name = "SciPy"
+name = "scipy"
 version = "1.12.0"
 # TODO: add `license-files` once PEP 639 is accepted (see meson-python#88)
 #       at that point, no longer include them in `py3.install_sources()`