diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0fa0281..7d61af7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ requires = ["flit_core >=3.8.0,<4"]
 
 [project]   # https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/declaring-project-metadata/#declaring-project-metadata
 name = "autotuning_methodology"
-version = "0.1.0.b1"
+version = "0.1.0b1"
 authors = [
     {name = "Floris-Jan Willemsen", email = "fjwillemsen97@gmail.com"},
 ]
@@ -28,13 +28,12 @@ dependencies = [
     "progressbar2 >= 4.2.0",
     "jsonschema >= 4.17.3",
     "nonconformist >= 2.1.0",
-    "kernel_tuner @ git+https://github.com/KernelTuner/kernel_tuner.git",
+    "kernel_tuner >= 0.4.5",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
     "pylint >=2.14.4",
-    "toml >= 0.10.2",
     "black >= 23.3.0",
 ]
 docs = [
@@ -49,6 +48,7 @@ test = [
     "pytest-cov >= 4.0.0",
     "nox >= 2023.4.22",
     "crepes >= 0.2.0",
+    "tomli >= 2.0.1",   # can be replaced by built-in [tomllib](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/tomllib.html) from Python 3.11
 ]
 
 [project.scripts]
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ addopts = "--cov --cov-config=.coveragerc --cov-report html --cov-report term-mi
 testpaths = [
     "tests/unit",
     "tests/integration",
+    "tests/release",
 ]
 
 [tool.black]
diff --git a/tests/autotuning_methodology/release/test_toml_file.py b/tests/autotuning_methodology/release/test_toml_file.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0cf0097
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/autotuning_methodology/release/test_toml_file.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+"""Tests for release information."""
+
+from importlib.resources import files
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import tomli
+
+package_root = Path(files("autotuning_methodology")).parent.parent
+pyproject_toml_path = package_root / "pyproject.toml"
+assert pyproject_toml_path.exists()
+with open(pyproject_toml_path, mode="rb") as fp:
+    pyproject = tomli.load(fp)
+
+
+def test_read():
+    """Test whether the contents have been read correctly and the required keys are in place."""
+    assert isinstance(pyproject, dict)
+    assert "build-system" in pyproject
+    assert "project" in pyproject
+
+
+def test_name():
+    """Ensure the name is consistent."""
+    assert "name" in pyproject["project"]
+    assert pyproject["project"]["name"] == "autotuning_methodology"
+
+
+def test_versioning():
+    """Test whether the versioning is PEP440 compliant."""
+    from pep440 import is_canonical
+
+    assert "version" in pyproject["project"]
+    assert is_canonical(pyproject["project"]["version"])
+
+
+def test_authors():
+    """Ensure the authors are specified."""
+    assert "authors" in pyproject["project"]
+    assert len(pyproject["project"]["authors"]) > 0
+
+
+def test_license():
+    """Ensure the license is set and the file exists."""
+    assert "license" in pyproject["project"]
+    license = pyproject["project"]["license"]
+    assert len(license) > 0
+    assert license["file"] == "LICENSE"
+    assert Path(package_root / "LICENSE").exists()
+
+
+def test_readme():
+    """Ensure the readme is set and the file exists."""
+    assert "readme" in pyproject["project"]
+    readme = pyproject["project"]["readme"]
+    assert len(readme) > 0
+    assert Path(package_root / readme).exists()
+
+
+def test_project_keys():
+    """Check whether the expected keys in [project] are present."""
+    project = pyproject["project"]
+    assert "description" in project
+    assert "keywords" in project
+    assert "classifiers" in project
+    assert "dependencies" in project
+    assert "requires-python" in project