diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1760a58..cadb87f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 [project]
 name = "nested-pandas"
 license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+description = "An extension of pandas for efficient representation of nested associated datasets."
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [
     { name = "LINCC Frameworks", email = "brantd@uw.edu" }