diff --git a/backend/src/hatchling/metadata/spec.py b/backend/src/hatchling/metadata/spec.py
index 3f9154101..0c8f85c53 100644
--- a/backend/src/hatchling/metadata/spec.py
+++ b/backend/src/hatchling/metadata/spec.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from hatchling.metadata.core import ProjectMetadata
 
-DEFAULT_METADATA_VERSION = '2.4'
+DEFAULT_METADATA_VERSION = '2.3'
 LATEST_METADATA_VERSION = '2.4'
 CORE_METADATA_PROJECT_FIELDS = {
     'Author': ('authors',),
diff --git a/docs/history/hatchling.md b/docs/history/hatchling.md
index 8da9c1cea..eec2449f1 100644
--- a/docs/history/hatchling.md
+++ b/docs/history/hatchling.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 
 ***Added:***
 
-- Update the default version of core metadata to 2.4
+- Support version 2.4 of core metadata for the `wheel` and `sdist` targets
 - Bump the minimum supported version of `packaging` to 24.2
 
 ***Fixed:***