diff --git a/.reuse/dep5 b/.reuse/dep5
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d2cb100..00000000
--- a/.reuse/dep5
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-Format: https://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/copyright-format/1.0/
-Upstream-Name: boot-operator
-Upstream-Contact: IronCore authors <ospo@sap.com>
-Source: https://github.com/ironcore-dev/boot-operator
-
-# --------------------------------------------------
-# source code
-
-Files:
-  .github/*
-  .gitignore
-  CODEOWNERS
-  Dockerfile
-  Makefile
-  PROJECT
-  config/*
-  gen/*
-  go.mod
-  go.sum
-  hack/*
-  server/*
-  templates/*
-  internal/*
-  cmd/*
-  api/*
-  config/*
-  test/*
-  CONTRIBUTING.md
-  PROJECT
-  mkdocs.yml
-  .dockerignore
-  .golangci.yml
-Copyright: 2024 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and IronCore contributors
-License: Apache-2.0
-
-# --------------------------------------------------
-# documentation
-
-Files:
-  docs/*
-  README.md
-Copyright: 2024 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and IronCore contributors
-License: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/REUSE.toml b/REUSE.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0697c49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/REUSE.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+version = 1
+SPDX-PackageName = "boot-operator"
+SPDX-PackageSupplier = "IronCore authors <ospo@sap.com>"
+SPDX-PackageDownloadLocation = "https://github.com/ironcore-dev/boot-operator"
+
+[[annotations]]
+path = [".github/**", ".gitignore", "CODEOWNERS", "Dockerfile", "Makefile", "PROJECT", "config/**", "gen/**", "go.mod", "go.sum", "hack/**", "server/**", "templates/**", "internal/**", "cmd/**", "api/**", "config/**", "test/**", "CONTRIBUTING.md", "PROJECT", "mkdocs.yml", ".dockerignore", ".golangci.yml"]
+precedence = "aggregate"
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "2024 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and IronCore contributors"
+SPDX-License-Identifier = "Apache-2.0"
+
+[[annotations]]
+path = ["docs/**", "README.md"]
+precedence = "aggregate"
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "2024 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company and IronCore contributors"
+SPDX-License-Identifier = "Apache-2.0"