diff --git a/src/csharp/Directory.Build.props b/src/csharp/Directory.Build.props
index 67b64a34a..e0a5f3ed5 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/csharp/Directory.Build.props
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
     <Product>.NET for Apache Spark</Product>
     <Copyright>$(CopyrightNetFoundation)</Copyright>
-    <PackageLicenseFile>LICENSE</PackageLicenseFile>
+    <PackageLicenseExpression>MIT</PackageLicenseExpression>
     <RequireLicenseAcceptance>true</RequireLicenseAcceptance>
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/dotnet/spark</PackageProjectUrl>
 
@@ -41,4 +41,4 @@
              PackagePath="\"
              Visible="false" />
   </ItemGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>