diff --git a/docs/pages/guides/packaging_compiled.md b/docs/pages/guides/packaging_compiled.md
index 3e508391..d270c3f9 100644
--- a/docs/pages/guides/packaging_compiled.md
+++ b/docs/pages/guides/packaging_compiled.md
@@ -189,16 +189,11 @@ name = "_core"
 # "cdylib" is necessary to produce a shared library for Python to import from.
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
-[package.metadata.maturin]
-name = "package._core"
-python-packages = ["package"]
-python-source = "src"
-
 [dependencies]
 rand = "0.8.3"
 
 [dependencies.pyo3]
-version = "0.18.1"
+version = "0.19.1"
 # "extension-module" tells pyo3 we want to build an extension module (skips linking against libpython.so)
 # "abi3-py38" tells pyo3 (and maturin) to build using the stable ABI with minimum Python version 3.8
 features = ["extension-module", "abi3-py38"]
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/pyproject.toml b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/pyproject.toml
index 284303f6..a99fd15d 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "whey"
 requires = ["pdm-backend"]
 build-backend = "pdm.backend"
 {%- elif cookiecutter.backend == "maturin" %}
-requires = ["maturin>=0.12,<0.15"]
+requires = ["maturin>=0.15,<2"]
 build-backend = "maturin"
 {%- elif cookiecutter.backend == "hatch" %}
 requires = ["hatchling"]
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 {%- elif cookiecutter.backend == "flit" %}
-requires = ["flit_core >=3.4"]
+requires = ["flit_core>=3.4"]
 build-backend = "flit_core.buildapi"
 {%- elif cookiecutter.backend == "setuptools" %}
 requires = ["setuptools>=42", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=3.4"]
@@ -199,6 +199,15 @@ build-dir = "build/{wheel_tag}"
 [tool.whey]
 source-dir = "src"
 
+{%- elif cookiecutter.backend == "maturin" %}
+
+
+[tool.maturin]
+module-name = "{{ cookiecutter.__project_slug }}._core"
+python-packages = ["{{ cookiecutter.__project_slug }}"]
+python-source = "src"
+sdist-generator = "git"  # default is cargo
+
 {%- elif cookiecutter.backend == "hatch" %}
 
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/{% if cookiecutter.backend=='maturin' %}Cargo.toml{% endif %} b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/{% if cookiecutter.backend=='maturin' %}Cargo.toml{% endif %}
index cea5b9b2..92df8bb3 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/{% if cookiecutter.backend=='maturin' %}Cargo.toml{% endif %}	
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_name}}/{% if cookiecutter.backend=='maturin' %}Cargo.toml{% endif %}	
@@ -8,16 +8,11 @@ name = "_core"
 # "cdylib" is necessary to produce a shared library for Python to import from.
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
 
-[package.metadata.maturin]
-name = "{{ cookiecutter.__project_slug }}._core"
-python-packages = ["{{ cookiecutter.__project_slug }}"]
-python-source = "src"
-
 [dependencies]
 rand = "0.8.3"
 
 [dependencies.pyo3]
-version = "0.18.1"
+version = "0.19.1"
 # "extension-module" tells pyo3 we want to build an extension module (skips linking against libpython.so)
 # "abi3-py38" tells pyo3 (and maturin) to build using the stable ABI with minimum Python version 3.8
 features = ["extension-module", "abi3-py38"]