diff --git a/serde/Cargo.toml b/serde/Cargo.toml
index b0e95667..3389dacf 100644
--- a/serde/Cargo.toml
+++ b/serde/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/serde-rs/serde"
 documentation = "https://docs.serde.rs/serde/"
 keywords = ["serde", "serialization", "no_std"]
 categories = ["encoding"]
-readme = "../README.md"
+readme = "README.md"
 include = ["Cargo.toml", "src/**/*.rs", "README.md", "LICENSE-APACHE", "LICENSE-MIT"]
 publish = false # this branch contains breaking changes
 
diff --git a/serde_codegen_internals/Cargo.toml b/serde_codegen_internals/Cargo.toml
index 6f006914..f572d487 100644
--- a/serde_codegen_internals/Cargo.toml
+++ b/serde_codegen_internals/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ homepage = "https://serde.rs"
 repository = "https://github.com/serde-rs/serde"
 documentation = "https://docs.serde.rs/serde_codegen_internals/"
 keywords = ["serde", "serialization"]
-readme = "../README.md"
+readme = "README.md"
 include = ["Cargo.toml", "src/**/*.rs", "README.md", "LICENSE-APACHE", "LICENSE-MIT"]
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/serde_derive/Cargo.toml b/serde_derive/Cargo.toml
index 866da94b..92ac98d9 100644
--- a/serde_derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/serde_derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ homepage = "https://serde.rs"
 repository = "https://github.com/serde-rs/serde"
 documentation = "https://serde.rs/codegen.html"
 keywords = ["serde", "serialization", "no_std"]
-readme = "../README.md"
+readme = "README.md"
 include = ["Cargo.toml", "src/**/*.rs", "README.md", "LICENSE-APACHE", "LICENSE-MIT"]
 publish = false # this branch contains breaking changes
 
diff --git a/serde_test/Cargo.toml b/serde_test/Cargo.toml
index 8907f973..7546cd4f 100644
--- a/serde_test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/serde_test/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ homepage = "https://serde.rs"
 repository = "https://github.com/serde-rs/serde"
 documentation = "https://docs.serde.rs/serde_test/"
 keywords = ["serde", "serialization"]
-readme = "../README.md"
+readme = "README.md"
 include = ["Cargo.toml", "src/**/*.rs", "README.md", "LICENSE-APACHE", "LICENSE-MIT"]
 publish = false # this branch contains breaking changes