diff --git a/docs/news.rst b/docs/news.rst
index adc6ccad..289fc0a4 100644
--- a/docs/news.rst
+++ b/docs/news.rst
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Changes
 
 * We now use a non-rc version of cffi 1.17 on all Python versions. Python
   <=3.12 have cffi upgraded from cffi 1.16 -> 1.17.
+ * The `pyproject.toml` file now defines a `[project]` section.
 
 0.23.0 (released 2024-07-14)
 ============================
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f9d00dca..d3764b5b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+[project]
+name = "zstandard"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
 [build-system]
 requires = [
     "cffi>=1.17.0",