diff --git a/pyproject.toml.cu12 b/pyproject.toml.cu12
index 855e7d37fcf..ccbc6532cef 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml.cu12
+++ b/pyproject.toml.cu12
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ authors = [{name = "NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates"}]
 maintainers = [{name = "NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates"}]
 readme = { file="python/README.md.in", content-type = "text/markdown"}
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
-license = { file="LICENSE" }
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+license-files = ["LICENSE", "NOTICE", "CITATION.cff"]
 dependencies = [
   'astpretty ~= 3.0',
   'custatevec-cu12 ~= 1.10',
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ visualization = [ "qutip<5" , "matplotlib>=3.5" ]
 integrators = [ "torchdiffeq" ]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["scikit-build-core==0.9.10", "cmake>=3.27,<3.29", "numpy>=1.24", "pytest==8.2.0"]
+requires = ["scikit-build-core==0.11.6", "cmake>=3.27,<3.29", "numpy>=1.24", "pytest==8.2.0"]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 
 [tool.scikit-build]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml.cu13 b/pyproject.toml.cu13
index 9c777fda248..4a869e868d9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml.cu13
+++ b/pyproject.toml.cu13
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ authors = [{name = "NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates"}]
 maintainers = [{name = "NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates"}]
 readme = { file="python/README.md.in", content-type = "text/markdown"}
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
-license = { file="LICENSE" }
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+license-files = ["LICENSE", "NOTICE", "CITATION.cff"]
 dependencies = [
   'astpretty ~= 3.0',
   'custatevec-cu13 ~= 1.10',
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ visualization = [ "qutip<5" , "matplotlib>=3.5" ]
 integrators = [ "torchdiffeq" ]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["scikit-build-core==0.9.10", "cmake>=3.27,<3.29", "numpy>=1.24", "pytest==8.2.0"]
+requires = ["scikit-build-core==0.11.6", "cmake>=3.27,<3.29", "numpy>=1.24", "pytest==8.2.0"]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 
 [tool.scikit-build]