diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 24759d97d662b1260be3920a7656348fc5af0adc..1698aa60465ece45397964881aa48c1a89c4eaca 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
     package-dir = {"" = "src"}
 
 [tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-    readme = {file = "README.md"}
+    readme = {file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown}
 
 
 [tool.distutils.bdist_wheel]