diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 9a15b52..216a93e 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ Changelog
 
 v0.17.0
 ~~~~~~~
+* Migrate ``project.license`` to an SPDX expression and drop the deprecated
+  ``License ::`` trove classifier, silencing the ``setuptools >=77``
+  deprecation warning. (#260)
 * Add support for Python 3.13, 3.14 and 3.15.
 * Drop support for Python < 3.11.
 * Fix a leading ``99`` digit pair being silently dropped from Code128
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 13cc895..b203f4f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61", "wheel", "setuptools_scm>=6.2"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=77", "wheel", "setuptools_scm>=6.2"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ name = "python-barcode"
 description = "Create standard barcodes with Python. No external modules needed. (optional Pillow support included)."
 readme = "README.rst"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
-license = { text = "MIT" }
+license = "MIT"
 authors = [
   { name = "Hugo Osvaldo Barrera et al", email = "hugo@whynothugo.nl" }
 ]
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ classifiers = [
   "Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable",
   "Environment :: Console",
   "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-  "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
   "Operating System :: OS Independent",
   "Programming Language :: Python",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",