diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/sqllogictest/Cargo.toml
index 7ec5f55a6e48..c1dc41196b36 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 [package]
 authors = { workspace = true }
+description = "DataFusion sqllogictest driver"
 edition = { workspace = true }
 homepage = { workspace = true }
 license = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/dev/release/README.md b/dev/release/README.md
index 8990c822064d..a692708f5d2f 100644
--- a/dev/release/README.md
+++ b/dev/release/README.md
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ Verify that the Cargo.toml in the tarball contains the correct version
 (cd datafusion/substrait && cargo publish)
 (cd datafusion/ffi && cargo publish)
 (cd datafusion-cli && cargo publish)
+(cd datafusion/sqllogictest && cargo publish)
 ```
 
 ### Publish datafusion-cli on Homebrew