diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 96388d8..d63fff7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-backend = "maturin"
 [project]
 name = "fluxqueue"
 dynamic = ["version"]
-description = "A blazingly fast, lightweight task queue for Python, written in Rust"
+description = "A lightweight, resource-efficient, high-throughput task queue for Python, written in Rust."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11,<3.15"
 keywords = ["task-queue", "queue", "redis", "async", "background-tasks", "worker", "rust", "fluxqueue"]