diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a0f031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2024 Diego Gomes
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c74b5ed..6a9e68a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 [![CI](https://github.com/digomes87/Bees/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/digomes87/Bees/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
 [![Python](https://img.shields.io/badge/Python-3.11+-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-green.svg)](LICENSE)
 [![Dashboard](https://img.shields.io/badge/Dashboard-live-b8740a.svg)](https://digomes87.github.io/Bees/)
 
 A Python package and a browser dashboard for studying how climate relates to
@@ -226,6 +227,10 @@ Data: [GBIF](https://www.gbif.org/) and [Open-Meteo](https://open-meteo.com/)
 (ERA5 reanalysis from Copernicus/ECMWF). Studies: UFPR, Dryad, Ecology Letters
 and PMC, as listed above.
 
+## License
+
+MIT. See [LICENSE](LICENSE).
+
 ## Author
 
 Diego Gomes — [@digomes87](https://github.com/digomes87).
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 65aded8..1935c88 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=68"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=77"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ authors = [{ name = "Diego Gomes", email = "diego@example.com" }]
 description = "Climate impact assessment on bee migration patterns in South America"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
-license = { text = "MIT" }
+license = "MIT"
+license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 keywords = ["bees", "migration", "climate", "analysis", "machine-learning"]
 dependencies = [
     "numpy>=1.26",