diff --git a/crates/libcgroups/Cargo.toml b/crates/libcgroups/Cargo.toml
index fae074b68..d0c5daf81 100644
--- a/crates/libcgroups/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/libcgroups/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libcgroups"
 version = "0.4.1" # MARK: Version
 description = "Library for cgroup"
-license-file = "../../LICENSE"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/containers/youki"
 homepage = "https://youki-dev.github.io/youki/"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/crates/libcontainer/Cargo.toml b/crates/libcontainer/Cargo.toml
index 41a116ba5..61842ebc0 100644
--- a/crates/libcontainer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/libcontainer/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "libcontainer"
 version = "0.4.1" # MARK: Version
 description = "Library for container control"
-license-file = "../../LICENSE"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/containers/youki"
 homepage = "https://youki-dev.github.io/youki/"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/crates/liboci-cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/liboci-cli/Cargo.toml
index 9835a45b7..1ad8b6d75 100644
--- a/crates/liboci-cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/liboci-cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "liboci-cli"
 version = "0.4.1" # MARK: Version
 description = "Parse command line arguments for OCI container runtimes"
-license-file = "../../LICENSE"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/containers/youki"
 homepage = "https://youki-dev.github.io/youki/"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/crates/youki/Cargo.toml b/crates/youki/Cargo.toml
index a17d11dcb..b3e444a6d 100644
--- a/crates/youki/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/youki/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "youki"
 version = "0.4.1" # MARK: Version
 description = "A container runtime written in Rust"
-license-file = "../../LICENSE"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/containers/youki"
 homepage = "https://youki-dev.github.io/youki/"
 readme = "../../README.md"
diff --git a/experiment/seccomp/Cargo.toml b/experiment/seccomp/Cargo.toml
index dd44c72cf..36044f609 100644
--- a/experiment/seccomp/Cargo.toml
+++ b/experiment/seccomp/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "seccomp"
 version = "0.0.0"
 description = "Library for seccomp"
-license-file = "../../LICENSE"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/containers/youki"
 homepage = "https://youki-dev.github.io/youki/"
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/experiment/selinux/Cargo.toml b/experiment/selinux/Cargo.toml
index d02d4a6bd..749363208 100644
--- a/experiment/selinux/Cargo.toml
+++ b/experiment/selinux/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name = "selinux"
 version = "0.1.0"
 description = "Library for selinux"
-license-file = "../../LICENSE"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/containers/youki"
 homepage = "https://youki-dev.github.io/youki/"
 readme = "README.md"