diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2f8f86a713..167772bf91 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 requires = [
     # TODO: unpin the upper bound when scikit-build dynamic metadata API is stable
     # dynamic metadata API is still unstable
-    "scikit-build-core>=0.5,!=0.6.0,<0.13",
+    "scikit-build-core>=0.11,!=0.6.0,<0.13",
     "packaging",
     'tomli >= 1.1.0 ; python_version < "3.11"',
     "dependency_groups",
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ authors = [
   {name = "DeepModeling"},
   {name = "Han Wang", email = "wang_han@iapcm.ac.cn"},
 ]
-license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+license = "LGPL-3.0-or-later"
+license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 classifiers = [
     "Natural Language :: English",
     "Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux",
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
-    "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Lesser General Public License v3 (LGPLv3)",
+
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Physics",
     "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Chemistry",