diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f3df33d..929ad05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -43,9 +43,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Verify version matches tag
         # Belt-and-suspenders — fail loudly if the tag and the package
         # version disagree, instead of shipping a confusing release.
+        # Note: PEP 625 normalises hyphens in distribution names to
+        # underscores in built filenames, so `socialapis-sdk` becomes
+        # `socialapis_sdk-X.Y.Z.tar.gz` on disk.
         run: |
           tag="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
-          file_version=$(ls dist/socialapis-*.tar.gz | sed -E 's|.*socialapis-([^-]+)\.tar\.gz|\1|')
+          file_version=$(ls dist/socialapis_sdk-*.tar.gz | sed -E 's|.*socialapis_sdk-([^-]+)\.tar\.gz|\1|')
           if [ "$tag" != "$file_version" ]; then
             echo "::error::Tag ${tag} does not match package version ${file_version}"
             exit 1
@@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment:
       name: pypi
-      url: https://pypi.org/project/socialapis/
+      url: https://pypi.org/project/socialapis-sdk/
     permissions:
       id-token: write   # OIDC token for PyPI Trusted Publishing
     steps:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 84c8388..9246408 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 First public release. Full coverage of the SocialAPIs.io public REST surface
 in one shot — no v0.2/v0.3 follow-ups required for core endpoints.
 
+> **PyPI distribution name**: `socialapis-sdk` (install with
+> `pip install socialapis-sdk`). The Python import path is the
+> shorter `socialapis` (`from socialapis import Facebook`) — those
+> two are independent on PyPI.
+
 ### Added — Facebook namespace (`Facebook` / `AsyncFacebook`)
 
 **Pages**: `get_page_id`, `get_page_info`, `get_page_posts`, `get_page_reels`,
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 56efcce..35ea52c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # socialapis — Python SDK for Facebook + Instagram public data
 
-[![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/socialapis.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/socialapis/)
-[![Python versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/socialapis.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/socialapis/)
+[![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/socialapis-sdk.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/socialapis-sdk/)
+[![Python versions](https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/socialapis-sdk.svg)](https://pypi.org/project/socialapis-sdk/)
 [![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green.svg)](LICENSE)
 
 The modern alternative to [`kevinzg/facebook-scraper`](https://github.com/kevinzg/facebook-scraper)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ review, no scraper maintenance**. Powered by hosted infrastructure at
 [socialapis.io](https://socialapis.io).
 
 ```bash
-pip install socialapis
+pip install socialapis-sdk
 ```
 
 ```python
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 97797c3..e3a4a4c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,13 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 # PACKAGE METADATA
 # =============================================================================
 [project]
-name = "socialapis"
+# PyPI distribution name. `socialapis` was already taken/squatted on
+# PyPI when we tried to register it. `socialapis-sdk` is distinct
+# enough to pass PyPI's name-similarity check. The Python IMPORT
+# path is unaffected — users still write `from socialapis import ...`
+# (the import path comes from the package directory name, not the
+# distribution name).
+name = "socialapis-sdk"
 dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "Python SDK for Facebook and Instagram public data. Drop-in replacement for facebook-scraper. REST + MCP, 200 free API calls/month, no OAuth."
 readme = "README.md"