diff --git a/hive-c0re/Cargo.toml b/hive-c0re/Cargo.toml
index 9078843f..958dae0c 100644
--- a/hive-c0re/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hive-c0re/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 name = "hive-c0re"
 edition.workspace = true
 version.workspace = true
+readme = "README.md"
+
 [lints]
 workspace = true
 
diff --git a/hive-claude/Cargo.toml b/hive-claude/Cargo.toml
index a0893e8e..58bb9a23 100644
--- a/hive-claude/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hive-claude/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "hive-claude"
 edition.workspace = true
 version.workspace = true
+readme = "README.md"
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
diff --git a/hive-forge/Cargo.toml b/hive-forge/Cargo.toml
index 2a4675c0..746d6b14 100644
--- a/hive-forge/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hive-forge/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "hive-forge"
 edition.workspace = true
 version.workspace = true
+readme = "README.md"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "hive-forge"
diff --git a/hivectl/Cargo.toml b/hivectl/Cargo.toml
index 6a080d93..61753dc1 100644
--- a/hivectl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hivectl/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "hivectl"
 edition.workspace = true
 version.workspace = true
+readme = "README.md"
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true