diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index af0e43703..d43823701 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "databricks-labs-dqx"
-dynamic = ["version", "readme"]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+readme = { file = "README.md", content-type = "text/markdown" }
 description = 'Data Quality eXtended (DQX) is a Python library for data quality checks and data quality monitoring'
 license-files = { paths = ["LICENSE", "NOTICE"] }
 requires-python = ">=3.10"