diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 19a0a7c9..0ae48109 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ description = "CrateDB Python Client"
 authors = [{ name = "Crate.io", email = "office@crate.io" }]
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 readme = "README.rst"
-license = { file = "LICENSE"}
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+license_files = ["LICENSE"]
 classifiers = [
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8feb4be4..6ccde7b3 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -49,14 +49,15 @@ def read(path):
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
     platforms=["any"],
-    license="Apache License 2.0",
+    license="Apache-2.0",
+    license_files=["LICENSE"],
     keywords="cratedb db api dbapi database sql http rdbms olap",
     packages=find_namespace_packages("src"),
     package_dir={"": "src"},
     install_requires=[
         "orjson<4",
         "urllib3",
-        "verlib2",
+        "verlib2>=0.3",
     ],
     extras_require={
         "doc": [
@@ -82,7 +83,6 @@ def read(path):
     classifiers=[
         "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
         "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
         "Operating System :: OS Independent",
         "Programming Language :: Python",
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",