diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4148620..1bc95dd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ requires = ["maturin>=1.7,<2.0"]
 build-backend = "maturin"
 
 [tool.maturin]
+module-name = "read_aconity_layers"
 features = ["pyo3/extension-module"]
 
 [tool.ruff]