diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d3eeb3a6..a1eadd08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Dependency license check
         run: |
           # Ignore MPL 2.0 which is weak copy left
-          uv tool run licensecheck --zero --ignore-licenses "MPL 2.0"
+          uv tool run licensecheck --zero --ignore-licenses "MPL 2.0" --requirements-paths ./pyproject.toml
 
       - name: Lint with Ruff
         run: |
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b9593c8c..ad1bf610 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ version = "1.7.6"
 description = "DV system"
 authors = [{name = "lowRISC contributors (OpenTitan project)"}]
 readme = "README.md"
-licence = "Apache-2.0"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
 license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
 dependencies = [