diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 046a8e1..67e2f1b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ exclude = ["fuzz"]
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
-repository = "https://git.alk.dev/alkdev/alkstore"
\ No newline at end of file
+repository = "https://git.alk.dev/alkdev/alkstore"
+license-files = ["LICENSE-MIT", "LICENSE-APACHE"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/alkstore-mem/Cargo.toml b/alkstore-mem/Cargo.toml
index a76afa4..bc93dc7 100644
--- a/alkstore-mem/Cargo.toml
+++ b/alkstore-mem/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name = "alkstore-mem"
 version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
+license-files.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "In-process memory engine for alkstore: honest-ephemeral — full contract surface, no durability, never fleet-valid — and the wasm32-compile-clean family member"
diff --git a/alkstore-postgres/Cargo.toml b/alkstore-postgres/Cargo.toml
index 2cd798e..8496a7b 100644
--- a/alkstore-postgres/Cargo.toml
+++ b/alkstore-postgres/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name = "alkstore-postgres"
 version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
+license-files.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "Postgres engine for alkstore: multi-host native, natively async over tokio-postgres + deadpool-postgres with LISTEN-driven wake and a dedicated LISTEN connection per listening process"
diff --git a/alkstore-sqlite/Cargo.toml b/alkstore-sqlite/Cargo.toml
index 8b83f78..763f6e2 100644
--- a/alkstore-sqlite/Cargo.toml
+++ b/alkstore-sqlite/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name = "alkstore-sqlite"
 version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
+license-files.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "SQLite engine for alkstore: single-host, file-backed, over rusqlite (bundled) with the forked, license-carried honker-core substrate in-tree"
diff --git a/alkstore/Cargo.toml b/alkstore/Cargo.toml
index f376222..d636190 100644
--- a/alkstore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/alkstore/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ name = "alkstore"
 version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
+license-files.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 readme = "README.md"
 description = "The alkstore contract crate: one reactive store trait surface — notify, streams, durable queues, TTL locks, outbox, scheduler — implemented by the alkstore-sqlite/-postgres/-mem engine crates; no driver dependencies"