diff --git a/datafusion/expr-common/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/expr-common/Cargo.toml
index de11b19c3b06..109d8e0b89a6 100644
--- a/datafusion/expr-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/expr-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 name = "datafusion-expr-common"
 description = "Logical plan and expression representation for DataFusion query engine"
 keywords = ["datafusion", "logical", "plan", "expressions"]
-readme = "README.md"
 version = { workspace = true }
 edition = { workspace = true }
 homepage = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/datafusion/functions-aggregate-common/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/functions-aggregate-common/Cargo.toml
index a8296ce11f30..9b299c1a11d7 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions-aggregate-common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/functions-aggregate-common/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 name = "datafusion-functions-aggregate-common"
 description = "Utility functions for implementing aggregate functions for the DataFusion query engine"
 keywords = ["datafusion", "logical", "plan", "expressions"]
-readme = "README.md"
 version = { workspace = true }
 edition = { workspace = true }
 homepage = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/dev/release/README.md b/dev/release/README.md
index 0e0daa9d6c40..5210c2397474 100644
--- a/dev/release/README.md
+++ b/dev/release/README.md
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ Verify that the Cargo.toml in the tarball contains the correct version
 (cd datafusion/expr-common && cargo publish)
 (cd datafusion/physical-expr-common && cargo publish)
 (cd datafusion/functions-aggregate-common && cargo publish)
+(cd datafusion/functions-window-common && cargo publish)
 (cd datafusion/expr && cargo publish)
 (cd datafusion/execution && cargo publish)
 (cd datafusion/physical-expr && cargo publish)