diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/pyproject.toml b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/pyproject.toml
index 75fd0ce10dd8c86cc4b1ae9bac229fc0c4e4ba0f..5ec622ef9df57d35a996d2b5032383a6025c8219 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ requires = [
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
-name = "project_name"
+name = "{{cookiecutter.project_name}}"
 authors = [
-    {name = "Manu Musterperson"},
+    {name = "{{cookiecutter.author_name}}"},
 ]
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.7"