diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 097470dc62cd331996c531b0fb2696a1d1e1de0c..73859c698531453e7ee9b84191d1f46a8e2bf489 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ authors = [
     { name = "Jan-Diederik van Wees", email = "jan_diederik.vanwees@tno.nl" }
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
-license = { file = "LICENSE" }
+license = { file = "Apache 2.0" }
 requires-python = ">=3.12,<3.14"
 keywords = [
     "borehole heat exchanger", "BHE", "geothermal", "ground-source heat pump",