diff --git a/mesonpy/__init__.py b/mesonpy/__init__.py
index 0b968a62e..f6a9276e2 100644
--- a/mesonpy/__init__.py
+++ b/mesonpy/__init__.py
@@ -232,18 +232,12 @@ class MesonBuilderError(Error):
 
 class Metadata(pyproject_metadata.StandardMetadata):
     def __init__(self, name: str, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any):
-        super().__init__(name, *args, **kwargs)
-        # Local fix for https://github.com/FFY00/python-pyproject-metadata/issues/60
-        self.name = self._validate_name(name)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _validate_name(name: str) -> str:
         # See https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/core-metadata/#name
         if not re.match(r'^([A-Z0-9]|[A-Z0-9][A-Z0-9._-]*[A-Z0-9])$', name, re.IGNORECASE):
             raise pyproject_metadata.ConfigurationError(
                 f'Invalid project name "{name}". A valid name consists only of ASCII letters and '
                 f'numbers, period, underscore and hyphen. It must start and end with a letter or number')
-        return name
+        super().__init__(name, *args, **kwargs)
 
     @classmethod
     def from_pyproject(
@@ -252,12 +246,7 @@ def from_pyproject(
         project_dir: Path = os.path.curdir,
         metadata_version: Optional[str] = None
     ) -> Self:
-        metadata = super().from_pyproject(data, project_dir)
-
-        # Check for missing version field.
-        if not metadata.version and 'version' not in metadata.dynamic:
-            raise pyproject_metadata.ConfigurationError(
-                'Required "project.version" field is missing and not declared as dynamic')
+        metadata = super().from_pyproject(data, project_dir, metadata_version)
 
         # Check for unsupported dynamic fields.
         unsupported_dynamic = set(metadata.dynamic) - {'version', }
@@ -267,17 +256,6 @@ def from_pyproject(
 
         return metadata
 
-    # Local fix for a bug in pyproject-metadata. See
-    # https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson-python/issues/454
-    def _update_dynamic(self, value: Any) -> None:
-        if value and 'version' in self.dynamic:
-            self.dynamic.remove('version')
-
-    @property
-    def canonical_name(self) -> str:
-        # See https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/specifications/name-normalization/#normalization
-        return packaging.utils.canonicalize_name(self.name)
-
     @property
     def distribution_name(self) -> str:
         """Name to be used in wheel and sdist file names."""
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index af6814a6b..5633e39bd 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ requires = [
   'meson >= 0.63.3; python_version < "3.12"',
   'meson >= 1.2.3; python_version >= "3.12"',
   'packaging >= 19.0',
-  'pyproject-metadata >= 0.7.1',
+  'pyproject-metadata >= 0.8.0',
   'tomli >= 1.0.0; python_version < "3.11"',
 ]
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ dependencies = [
   'meson >= 0.63.3; python_version < "3.12"',
   'meson >= 1.2.3; python_version >= "3.12"',
   'packaging >= 19.0',
-  'pyproject-metadata >= 0.7.1',
+  'pyproject-metadata >= 0.8.0',
   'tomli >= 1.0.0; python_version < "3.11"',
 ]
 
diff --git a/tests/packages/full-metadata/pyproject.toml b/tests/packages/full-metadata/pyproject.toml
index b66b95f2e..3499bbf6b 100644
--- a/tests/packages/full-metadata/pyproject.toml
+++ b/tests/packages/full-metadata/pyproject.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ description = 'Some package with all of the PEP 621 metadata'
 readme = 'README.md'
 requires-python = '>=3.7'
 license = {file = 'LICENSE'}
-keywords = ['full', 'metadata']
+keywords = ['full', 'metadata', 'keyword with spaces']
 authors = [
   {email = 'jhon.doe@example.com'},
   {name = 'Jane Doe'}
diff --git a/tests/test_metadata.py b/tests/test_metadata.py
index 088e82f7e..6906a3972 100644
--- a/tests/test_metadata.py
+++ b/tests/test_metadata.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 import pathlib
-import re
 
 import packaging.version
 import pyproject_metadata
@@ -49,10 +48,5 @@ def test_missing_version(package_missing_version):
     pyproject = {'project': {
         'name': 'missing-version',
     }}
-    match = '|'.join((
-        re.escape('Required "project.version" field is missing'),
-        # pyproject-metatadata 0.8.0 and later
-        re.escape('Field "project.version" missing and "version" not specified in "project.dynamic"'),
-    ))
-    with pytest.raises(pyproject_metadata.ConfigurationError, match=match):
+    with pytest.raises(pyproject_metadata.ConfigurationError, match='Field "project.version" missing'):
         Metadata.from_pyproject(pyproject, pathlib.Path())
diff --git a/tests/test_sdist.py b/tests/test_sdist.py
index e4dddb8c7..bb9643628 100644
--- a/tests/test_sdist.py
+++ b/tests/test_sdist.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 import os
 import pathlib
-import re
 import stat
 import sys
 import tarfile
@@ -33,12 +32,12 @@ def test_pep621(sdist_full_metadata):
     with tarfile.open(sdist_full_metadata, 'r:gz') as sdist:
         sdist_pkg_info = sdist.extractfile('full_metadata-1.2.3/PKG-INFO').read().decode()
 
-    metadata = re.escape(textwrap.dedent('''\
+    metadata = textwrap.dedent('''\
         Metadata-Version: 2.1
         Name: full-metadata
         Version: 1.2.3
         Summary: Some package with all of the PEP 621 metadata
-        Keywords: full metadata
+        Keywords: full,metadata,keyword with spaces
         Home-page: https://example.com
         Author: Jane Doe
         Author-Email: Unknown <jhon.doe@example.com>
@@ -68,11 +67,9 @@ def test_pep621(sdist_full_metadata):
         # full-metadata
 
         An example package with all of the PEP 621 metadata!
-    '''))
+    ''')
 
-    # pyproject-metadata 0.8.0 and later uses a comma to separate keywords
-    expr = metadata.replace(r'Keywords:\ full\ metadata', r'Keywords:\ full[ ,]metadata')
-    assert re.fullmatch(expr, sdist_pkg_info)
+    assert sdist_pkg_info == metadata
 
 
 def test_dynamic_version(sdist_dynamic_version):