diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 80cb6443..ccbf8f48 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 [build-system]
 build-backend = "_own_version_helper:build_meta"
 requires = [
-  "setuptools>=61",
+  "setuptools>=77.0.3",
   'tomli<=2.0.2; python_version < "3.11"',
 ]
 backend-path = [
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ backend-path = [
 name = "setuptools-scm"
 description = "the blessed package to manage your versions by scm tags"
 readme = "README.md"
-license.file = "LICENSE"
+license = "MIT"
 authors = [
     {name="Ronny Pfannschmidt", email="opensource@ronnypfannschmidt.de"}
 ]
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ requires-python = ">=3.8"
 classifiers = [
   "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
   "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-  "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
   "Programming Language :: Python",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",