diff --git a/model_api/README.md b/model_api/README.md
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..32d46ee8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/model_api/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../README.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/model_api/pyproject.toml b/model_api/pyproject.toml
index 2d316bad..7338eb24 100644
--- a/model_api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/model_api/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ maintainers = [
   {name = "Intel(R) Corporation"},
 ]
 description = "Model API: model wrappers and pipelines for inference with OpenVINO"
-readme = "../README.md"
+readme = "README.md"
 classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",