diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2b80c29d..4b75e451 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 requires = [
   "hatch-vcs",
-  "hatchling",
+  "hatchling>=1.27",
 ]
 
 [project]
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ keywords = [
   "tiny text",
   "tiny type",
 ]
-license = { text = "MIT" }
+license = "MIT"
+license-files = [ "LICENSE.txt" ]
 authors = [ { name = "Hugo van Kemenade" } ]
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 classifiers = [