diff --git a/components/tasks/cu_aligner/Cargo.toml b/components/tasks/cu_aligner/Cargo.toml
index bb93e97b2..37b03ac04 100644
--- a/components/tasks/cu_aligner/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/tasks/cu_aligner/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cu-aligner"
+description = "A Copper component to align messages in time."
 version.workspace = true
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true