diff --git a/OSSMETADATA b/OSSMETADATA
index b96d4a4..58d43b8 100755
--- a/OSSMETADATA
+++ b/OSSMETADATA
@@ -1 +1 @@
-osslifecycle=active
+osslifecycle=maintained
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c16d3ea..106ec9e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/honeycombio/honeycomb-opentelemetry-python.svg?style=shield)](https://circleci.com/gh/honeycombio/honeycomb-opentelemetry-python)
 [![PyPi](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/honeycomb-opentelemetry)](https://pypi.org/project/honeycomb-opentelemetry/)
 
-**STATUS: this library is BETA.**
-You're welcome to try it, and let us know your feedback in the issues!
+**STATUS**: This project is being Sunset. See [this issue](https://github.com/honeycombio/honeycomb-opentelemetry-python/issues/193) for more details.
 
 This is Honeycomb's Distribution of OpenTelemetry for Python.
 It makes getting started with OpenTelemetry and Honeycomb easier!