diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index 561d22d6..a9cbdc23 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ authors = ["Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>"]
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree-rs-ext"
-readme = "README.md"
+readme = "../README.md"
 publish = false
 rust-version = "1.74.0"
 
diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index 0cce26e9..d66eda06 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description = "Extension APIs for OSTree"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 name = "ostree-ext"
-readme = "README.md"
+readme = "../README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree-rs-ext"
 version = "0.14.5"
 rust-version = "1.74.0"