diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index cbc1137b..92d5099b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ on:
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 env:
   FORCE_COLOR: "1"
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3a67d1c4..e4634fa2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "universal_pathlib"
-license = {text = "MIT License"}
+license = "MIT"
 authors = [
     {name = "Andrew Fulton", email = "andrewfulton9@gmail.com"},
 ]