diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index fdbf85c0dc1a99f5e0f094203094bd875059e377..da083cf52befe44242856934804e786c50ece8e3 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include README.md
 include COPYING.txt
-include RELEASE-VERSION
+include AUTHORS.txt
 global-include *.pyx
 include versioneer.py
 include lbmpy/_version.py