diff --git a/datafusion-examples/Cargo.toml b/datafusion-examples/Cargo.toml
index 8d504f834bc5..7350c4ab981f 100644
--- a/datafusion-examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion-examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ name = "datafusion-examples"
 description = "DataFusion usage examples"
 keywords = ["arrow", "query", "sql"]
 publish = false
+readme = "README.md"
 version = { workspace = true }
 edition = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
 homepage = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/datafusion/common/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/common/Cargo.toml
index 490fbeacad85..87087c50a2d2 100644
--- a/datafusion/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 name = "datafusion-common"
 description = "Common functionality for DataFusion query engine"
 keywords = ["arrow", "query", "sql"]
+readme = "README.md"
 version = { workspace = true }
 edition = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
 homepage = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/datafusion/expr/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/expr/Cargo.toml
index c5cf6a1ac11f..a7919a557ad7 100644
--- a/datafusion/expr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/expr/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 name = "datafusion-expr"
 description = "Logical plan and expression representation for DataFusion query engine"
 keywords = ["datafusion", "logical", "plan", "expressions"]
+readme = "README.md"
 version = { workspace = true }
 edition = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
 homepage = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/datafusion/optimizer/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/optimizer/Cargo.toml
index bf786686f474..dce05058b826 100644
--- a/datafusion/optimizer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/optimizer/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 name = "datafusion-optimizer"
 description = "DataFusion Query Optimizer"
 keywords = [ "datafusion", "query", "optimizer" ]
+readme = "README.md"
 version = { workspace = true }
 edition = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
 homepage = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/datafusion/physical-expr/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/physical-expr/Cargo.toml
index 6269f27310a6..f7c0221756fd 100644
--- a/datafusion/physical-expr/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/physical-expr/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 name = "datafusion-physical-expr"
 description = "Physical expression implementation for DataFusion query engine"
 keywords = ["arrow", "query", "sql"]
+readme = "README.md"
 version = { workspace = true }
 edition = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
 homepage = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/datafusion/proto/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/proto/Cargo.toml
index 32e10e58a7d7..5e52dadc0b18 100644
--- a/datafusion/proto/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/proto/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 name = "datafusion-proto"
 description = "Protobuf serialization of DataFusion logical plan expressions"
 keywords = ["arrow", "query", "sql"]
+readme = "README.md"
 version = { workspace = true }
 edition = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
 homepage = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/datafusion/sql/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/sql/Cargo.toml
index a00a7f021352..fe60feb6ab1f 100644
--- a/datafusion/sql/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/sql/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 name = "datafusion-sql"
 description = "DataFusion SQL Query Planner"
 keywords = ["datafusion", "sql", "parser", "planner"]
+readme = "README.md"
 version = { workspace = true }
 edition = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
 homepage = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/sqllogictest/Cargo.toml
index 454f99942f52..f1a730351417 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ edition = { workspace = true }
 homepage = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
 name = "datafusion-sqllogictest"
-readme = { workspace = true }
+readme = "README.md"
 repository = { workspace = true }
 rust-version = { workspace = true }
 version = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/datafusion/substrait/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/substrait/Cargo.toml
index 7c4ff868cfcd..67d31caca260 100644
--- a/datafusion/substrait/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/substrait/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 [package]
 name = "datafusion-substrait"
 description = "DataFusion Substrait Producer and Consumer"
+readme = "README.md"
 version = { workspace = true }
 edition = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
 homepage = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/datafusion/wasmtest/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/wasmtest/Cargo.toml
index e1a9a5d41a5a..3195c989e223 100644
--- a/datafusion/wasmtest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/wasmtest/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
 [package]
 name = "datafusion-wasmtest"
 description = "Test library to compile datafusion crates to wasm"
+readme = "README.md"
 version = { workspace = true }
 edition = { workspace = true }
-readme = { workspace = true }
 homepage = { workspace = true }
 repository = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }