diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b4ffbe9..79ace71 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ authors = ["Frank Denis <github@pureftpd.org>"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "A modern encrypted DNS server (DNSCrypt v2, Anonymized DNSCrypt, DoH)"
 keywords = ["dnscrypt", "encryption", "dns", "doh", "proxy"]
-license-file = "LICENSE"
+license = "MIT"
 homepage = "https://github.com/jedisct1/encrypted-dns-server"
 repository = "https://github.com/jedisct1/encrypted-dns-server"
 categories = ["asynchronous", "network-programming","command-line-utilities"]