diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 9455ba27..19ed855e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
                 libpython3-dev              \
                 python3-pip                 \
                 wget
-        pip3 install --break-system-packages "numpy>=2.0"
+        pip3 install --break-system-packages "setuptools[core]>=77" "numpy>=2.0"
         echo CC=gcc-14 >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo CXX=g++-14 >> $GITHUB_ENV
         echo PREFIX=/usr >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/bindings/python/README b/bindings/python/README
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..3830a411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/python/README
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../README
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bindings/python/pyproject.toml b/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
index 66195f49..75ab00e0 100644
--- a/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/bindings/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,8 +4,19 @@ build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "pygetdata"
+description = "The GetData Project is the reference implementation of the Dirfile Standards, a filesystem-based, column-oriented database format for time-ordered binary data."
 dependencies = ["numpy>=1.7"]
 dynamic = ["version"]
+readme = {file = "README", content-type = "text/plain"}
+license = "LGPL-2.1-or-later"
+authors = [
+    {name = "D. V. Wiebe", email = "dvw@ketiltrout.net"},
+    {name = "C. B. Netterfield", email = "netterfield@astro.utoronto.ca"},
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/ketiltrout/getdata"
+Issues = "https://github.com/ketiltrout/getdata/issues"
 
 [tool.scikit-build]
 cmake.source-dir = "../../cmake"