diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b8f59dd4c..27e62f739 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,17 @@ requires = [
   "setuptools>=61",
 ]
 
+[project.readme]
+text = """\
+netCDF version 4 has many features not found in earlier versions of the library,
+such as hierarchical groups, zlib compression, multiple unlimited dimensions,
+and new data types.  It is implemented on top of HDF5.  This module implements
+most of the new features, and can read and write netCDF files compatible with
+older versions of the library.  The API is modelled after Scientific.IO.NetCDF,
+and should be familiar to users of that module.
+"""
+content-type = "text/x-rst"
+
 [project]
 name = "netcdf4"
 description = "Provides an object-oriented python interface to the netCDF version 4 library"
@@ -40,16 +51,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dynamic = [
   "version",
 ]
-[project.readme]
-text = """\
-netCDF version 4 has many features not found in earlier versions of the library,
-such as hierarchical groups, zlib compression, multiple unlimited dimensions,
-and new data types.  It is implemented on top of HDF5.  This module implements
-most of the new features, and can read and write netCDF files compatible with
-older versions of the library.  The API is modelled after Scientific.IO.NetCDF,
-and should be familiar to users of that module.
-"""
-content-type = "text/x-rst"
+
 dependencies = [
   "certifi",
   "cftime",
@@ -68,7 +70,6 @@ Repository = "https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf4-python"
 nc3tonc4 = "netCDF4.utils:nc3tonc4"
 nc4tonc3 = "netCDF4.utils:nc4tonc3"
 ncinfo = "netCDF4.utils:ncinfo"
-
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 where = ["src"]