diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 6e7dc9a..59acb5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: read
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@master
-      - name: Set up Python 3.10
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
 
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 10f471d..2136339 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-exclude *.pyc *.pyo
-exclude **/__pycache__/**
 recursive-include docs *
-recursive-include tests *
+recursive-include test *
 prune docs/_build
 include README.rst
 include CHANGELOG.md
+global-exclude *.py[cod]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8fb2d29..24b2b1a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=68"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=77.0.3"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -8,13 +8,12 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "A pure python module to access memcached via its binary protocol with SASL auth support"
 readme = "README.rst"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"
-license = { text = "MIT" }
+license = "MIT"
 authors = [
     { name = "Jayson Reis", email = "santosdosreis@gmail.com" },
 ]
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
-    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",