diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 39fb846e..259261b0 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 include requirements.txt
 include LICENSE
-include README.rst
\ No newline at end of file
+include README.md
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 3a4a9ac4..48bc6d31 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 
 long_description = None
-if exists("README.rst"):
-    with open("README.rst") as file:
+if exists("README.md"):
+    with open("README.md") as file:
         long_description = file.read()
 
 install_reqs = [