diff --git a/dotenv/Cargo.toml b/dotenv/Cargo.toml
index 9ffad02..597f8ff 100644
--- a/dotenv/Cargo.toml
+++ b/dotenv/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.14.0"
 authors = ["Noemi Lapresta <noemi.lapresta@gmail.com>", "Craig Hills <chills@gmail.com>", "Mike Piccolo <mfpiccolo@gmail.com>", "Alice Maz <alice@alicemaz.com>", "Sean Griffin <sean@seantheprogrammer.com>", "Adam Sharp <adam@sharplet.me>"]
 description = "A `dotenv` implementation for Rust"
 homepage = "https://github.com/dotenv-rs/dotenv"
-readme = "README.md"
+readme = "../README.md"
 keywords = ["environment", "env", "dotenv", "settings", "config"]
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/dotenv-rs/dotenv"