diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4bfcb9a..4d4c22d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ documentation = "https://docs.rs/rs-merkletree/"
 version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Varun Doshi <doshivarun202@gmail.com>"]
 readme = "README.md"
-keywords = ["merkle", "tree", "data structures", "cryptography", "hash"]
+keywords = ["merkle", "tree", "data-structures", "cryptography", "hash"]
 categories = ["cryptography", "data-structures","development-tools::testing"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"