diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 019d4f71..3ff5bb80 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ resolver = "2"
 authors = ["AXONE"]
 edition = "2021"
 homepage = "https://axone.xyz/"
-license-file = "LICENSE"
+keywords = ["cosmwasm", "blockchain"]
+license = "BSD-3-Clause"
 repository = "https://github.com/axone-protocol/contracts"
 rust-version = "1.75"
 version = "6.0.0"
diff --git a/contracts/axone-cognitarium/Cargo.toml b/contracts/axone-cognitarium/Cargo.toml
index 36711aed..43a89102 100644
--- a/contracts/axone-cognitarium/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/axone-cognitarium/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ authors = { workspace = true }
 description = "A CosmWasm Smart Contract which enables the storage and querying of Semantic data using RDF, which represents information as semantic triples."
 edition = { workspace = true }
 homepage = { workspace = true }
-license-file = { workspace = true }
+keywords = { workspace = true }
+license = { workspace = true }
 name = "axone-cognitarium"
 repository = { workspace = true }
 rust-version = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/contracts/axone-dataverse/Cargo.toml b/contracts/axone-dataverse/Cargo.toml
index 84c0151f..66b4c8c2 100644
--- a/contracts/axone-dataverse/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/axone-dataverse/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ authors = { workspace = true }
 description = "The Smart Contract overseeing and managing the Dataverse in the AXONE ecosystem."
 edition = { workspace = true }
 homepage = { workspace = true }
-license-file = { workspace = true }
+keywords = { workspace = true }
+license = { workspace = true }
 name = "axone-dataverse"
 repository = { workspace = true }
 rust-version = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/contracts/axone-law-stone/Cargo.toml b/contracts/axone-law-stone/Cargo.toml
index cfe94216..7f78c7af 100644
--- a/contracts/axone-law-stone/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/axone-law-stone/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ authors = { workspace = true }
 description = "The Smart Contract providing Governance as a Service."
 edition = { workspace = true }
 homepage = { workspace = true }
-license-file = { workspace = true }
+keywords = { workspace = true }
+license = { workspace = true }
 name = "axone-law-stone"
 repository = { workspace = true }
 rust-version = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/contracts/axone-objectarium/Cargo.toml b/contracts/axone-objectarium/Cargo.toml
index 64db228b..0f8c8347 100644
--- a/contracts/axone-objectarium/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contracts/axone-objectarium/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ authors = { workspace = true }
 description = "A Smart Contract which enables the storage of arbitrary unstructured Objects."
 edition = { workspace = true }
 homepage = { workspace = true }
-license-file = { workspace = true }
+keywords = { workspace = true }
+license = { workspace = true }
 name = "axone-objectarium"
 repository = { workspace = true }
 rust-version = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/packages/axone-cognitarium-client/Cargo.toml b/packages/axone-cognitarium-client/Cargo.toml
index cdfffa70..51da34c7 100644
--- a/packages/axone-cognitarium-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/axone-cognitarium-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ name = "axone-cognitarium-client"
 
 description = "A client library for the Axone Cognitarium Smart Contract."
 homepage = { workspace = true }
-license-file = { workspace = true }
+license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 version = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/packages/axone-logic-bindings/Cargo.toml b/packages/axone-logic-bindings/Cargo.toml
index 57556630..36a9ce1a 100644
--- a/packages/axone-logic-bindings/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/axone-logic-bindings/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ name = "axone-logic-bindings"
 
 description = "A library defining the bindings for querying the AXONE logic module."
 homepage = { workspace = true }
-license-file = { workspace = true }
+license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 version = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/packages/axone-objectarium-client/Cargo.toml b/packages/axone-objectarium-client/Cargo.toml
index bed3c2b1..f901ea08 100644
--- a/packages/axone-objectarium-client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/axone-objectarium-client/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ name = "axone-objectarium-client"
 
 description = "A client library for the Axone Objectarium Smart Contract."
 homepage = { workspace = true }
-license-file = { workspace = true }
+license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 version = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/packages/axone-rdf/Cargo.toml b/packages/axone-rdf/Cargo.toml
index 63c854f8..f35017de 100644
--- a/packages/axone-rdf/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/axone-rdf/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ name = "axone-rdf"
 
 description = "Utility library offering essential components for efficiently handling RDF data within the Axone protocol."
 homepage = { workspace = true }
-license-file = { workspace = true }
+license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 version = { workspace = true }
 
diff --git a/packages/axone-wasm/Cargo.toml b/packages/axone-wasm/Cargo.toml
index f3711e08..eb4f9fc1 100644
--- a/packages/axone-wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/axone-wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ name = "axone-wasm"
 
 description = "A library that defines CosmWasm URIs, enabling the identification of blockchain resources by referencing specific instantiated smart contracts."
 homepage = { workspace = true }
-license-file = { workspace = true }
+license = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 version = { workspace = true }