diff --git a/datafusion/core/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/core/Cargo.toml
index 5f9d28bd620b..a9614934673b 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ name = "datafusion"
 description = "DataFusion is an in-memory query engine that uses Apache Arrow as the memory model"
 keywords = ["arrow", "query", "sql"]
 include = ["benches/*.rs", "src/**/*.rs", "Cargo.toml"]
+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/execution/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/execution/Cargo.toml
index 6ae8bccdae38..54a2a6d8f3df 100644
--- a/datafusion/execution/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/execution/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 name = "datafusion-execution"
 description = "Execution configuration support 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/physical-plan/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/physical-plan/Cargo.toml
index 2dfcf12e350a..033d2aa187dd 100644
--- a/datafusion/physical-plan/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/physical-plan/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 name = "datafusion-physical-plan"
 description = "Physical (ExecutionPlan) implementations 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 }