diff --git a/src/build_options.rs b/src/build_options.rs
index c63effba3..7fd5f620d 100644
--- a/src/build_options.rs
+++ b/src/build_options.rs
@@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ impl BuildOptions {
         let ProjectResolver {
             project_layout,
             cargo_toml_path,
+            cargo_toml,
             pyproject_toml_path,
             pyproject_toml,
             module_name,
@@ -684,7 +685,7 @@ impl BuildOptions {
             .target_dir
             .clone()
             .unwrap_or_else(|| cargo_metadata.target_directory.clone().into_std_path_buf());
-        let crate_name = metadata21.name.clone();
+        let crate_name = cargo_toml.package.name;
 
         Ok(BuildContext {
             target,
diff --git a/src/cargo_toml.rs b/src/cargo_toml.rs
index 4bfff0f7c..6f3dd0d27 100644
--- a/src/cargo_toml.rs
+++ b/src/cargo_toml.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ pub(crate) struct CargoTomlLib {
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
 pub(crate) struct CargoTomlPackage {
+    pub(crate) name: String,
     metadata: Option<CargoTomlMetadata>,
 }
 
diff --git a/src/project_layout.rs b/src/project_layout.rs
index 98b882ce3..9c87f380f 100644
--- a/src/project_layout.rs
+++ b/src/project_layout.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ pub struct ProjectResolver {
     pub project_layout: ProjectLayout,
     /// Cargo.toml path
     pub cargo_toml_path: PathBuf,
+    /// Parsed Cargo.toml
+    pub cargo_toml: CargoToml,
     /// pyproject.toml path
     pub pyproject_toml_path: PathBuf,
     /// Parsed pyproject.toml
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ impl ProjectResolver {
         }
         let extra_metadata = cargo_toml.remaining_core_metadata();
 
-        let crate_name = &metadata21.name;
+        let crate_name = &cargo_toml.package.name;
 
         // If the package name contains minuses, you must declare a module with
         // underscores as lib name
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ impl ProjectResolver {
         Ok(Self {
             project_layout,
             cargo_toml_path: manifest_file,
+            cargo_toml,
             pyproject_toml_path: pyproject_file,
             pyproject_toml,
             module_name,