diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 6e92924e0b2c6b22ae697a175eaab06a8c3f69a0..456fe8d833a71f886ce304ba2b7a343c65708a59 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 pystencils/_version.py