diff --git a/docker/build/assets.Dockerfile b/docker/build/assets.Dockerfile
index 5107b17dc92..cb01d142ee5 100644
--- a/docker/build/assets.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/build/assets.Dockerfile
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ ADD "utils" /cuda-quantum/utils
 ADD "CMakeLists.txt" /cuda-quantum/CMakeLists.txt
 ADD "LICENSE" /cuda-quantum/LICENSE
 ADD "NOTICE" /cuda-quantum/NOTICE
+ADD "CITATION.cff" /cuda-quantum/CITATION.cff
 
 ARG release_version=
 ENV SETUPTOOLS_SCM_PRETEND_VERSION=$release_version
diff --git a/pyproject.toml.cu12 b/pyproject.toml.cu12
index f3eaf667899..69a4234560d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml.cu12
+++ b/pyproject.toml.cu12
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ authors = [{name = "NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates"}]
 maintainers = [{name = "NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates"}]
 readme = { file="python/README.md.in", content-type = "text/markdown"}
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
-license = { file="LICENSE" }
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+license-files = ["LICENSE", "NOTICE", "CITATION.cff"]
 dependencies = [
   'astpretty ~= 3.0',
   'custatevec-cu12 ~= 1.12',
@@ -61,12 +62,11 @@ visualization = [ "qutip>5" , "matplotlib>=3.5" ]
 integrators = [ "torchdiffeq" ]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["scikit-build-core==0.9.10", "cmake>=3.27,<3.29", "numpy>=1.24", "pytest==8.3.0"]
+requires = ["scikit-build-core==0.11.6", "cmake>=3.27,<3.29", "numpy>=1.24", "pytest==8.3.0"]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 
 [tool.scikit-build]
 wheel.packages = ["python/cudaq"]
-wheel.license-files = [ "LICENSE", "NOTICE", "CITATION.cff" ]
 build-dir = "_skbuild"
 metadata.version.provider = "scikit_build_core.metadata.setuptools_scm"
 cmake.minimum-version = "3.27"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml.cu13 b/pyproject.toml.cu13
index 8d86b83779e..63bcfc9db04 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml.cu13
+++ b/pyproject.toml.cu13
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ authors = [{name = "NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates"}]
 maintainers = [{name = "NVIDIA Corporation & Affiliates"}]
 readme = { file="python/README.md.in", content-type = "text/markdown"}
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
-license = { file="LICENSE" }
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+license-files = ["LICENSE", "NOTICE", "CITATION.cff"]
 dependencies = [
   'astpretty ~= 3.0',
   'numpy >= 1.24',
@@ -63,12 +64,11 @@ visualization = [ "qutip>5" , "matplotlib>=3.5" ]
 integrators = [ "torchdiffeq" ]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["scikit-build-core==0.9.10", "cmake>=3.27,<3.29", "numpy>=1.24", "pytest==8.3.0"]
+requires = ["scikit-build-core==0.11.6", "cmake>=3.27,<3.29", "numpy>=1.24", "pytest==8.3.0"]
 build-backend = "scikit_build_core.build"
 
 [tool.scikit-build]
 wheel.packages = ["python/cudaq"]
-wheel.license-files = [ "LICENSE", "NOTICE", "CITATION.cff" ]
 build-dir = "_skbuild"
 metadata.version.provider = "scikit_build_core.metadata.setuptools_scm"
 cmake.minimum-version = "3.27"