diff --git a/node-template/runtime/Cargo.toml b/node-template/runtime/Cargo.toml
index dd2a340886573..6147250df1372 100644
--- a/node-template/runtime/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node-template/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "node-template-runtime"
 version = "1.0.0"
-authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
+authors = ["Anonymous"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
diff --git a/node-template/runtime/wasm/Cargo.toml b/node-template/runtime/wasm/Cargo.toml
index 884a42e7225ee..8b3dcf52ea087 100644
--- a/node-template/runtime/wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/node-template/runtime/wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "node-template-runtime-wasm"
 version = "1.0.0"
-authors = ["Parity Technologies <admin@parity.io>"]
+authors = ["Anonymous"]
 edition = "2018"
 
 [lib]