diff --git a/python/Cargo.toml b/python/Cargo.toml
index 56645016..d42a6062 100644
--- a/python/Cargo.toml
+++ b/python/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 [package]
 name = "wifi-densepose-py"
 version = "2.0.0-alpha.1"
-edition.workspace = true
-license.workspace = true
+# The `python/` crate is intentionally OUTSIDE the `v2/` Cargo
+# workspace (ADR-117 §5.2) so maturin's `python-source` + `module-name`
+# config stays self-contained and `cargo test --workspace` in v2/
+# doesn't have to compile pyo3. Hence no `*.workspace = true`
+# inheritance here — every field is local.
+edition = "2021"
+license = "MIT"
 authors = ["rUv <ruv@ruv.net>", "WiFi-DensePose Contributors"]
 description = "PyO3 bindings for the WiFi-DensePose Rust core — ships as the `wifi-densepose` PyPI wheel (ADR-117)"
-repository.workspace = true
+repository = "https://github.com/ruvnet/RuView"
 
 # ADR-117 §5.2: the Python wheel's compiled module name is
 # `wifi_densepose._native` (the leading underscore marks it as an internal
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index cc3d08d1..92089b58 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -69,9 +69,11 @@ Documentation = "https://github.com/ruvnet/RuView/tree/main/docs"
 # wifi-densepose = "wifi_densepose.cli:main"
 
 [tool.maturin]
-# Layout: ./python/ holds the Rust crate + Python facade; the wheel
-# packs `wifi_densepose/` as the top-level package.
-python-source = "python"
+# Layout: pyproject.toml + Cargo.toml live at `python/`; the
+# python-source directory `wifi_densepose/` is a sibling (i.e. at
+# `python/wifi_densepose/`). `python-source = "."` tells maturin to
+# look for packages directly under the project root.
+python-source = "."
 module-name = "wifi_densepose._native"
 features = ["pyo3/extension-module"]
 # Strip debug symbols for smaller release wheels (ADR-117 §5.4 5 MB budget).
diff --git a/python/src/lib.rs b/python/src/lib.rs
index 046f4864..e05fd167 100644
--- a/python/src/lib.rs
+++ b/python/src/lib.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,13 @@ fn hello() -> PyResult<&'static str> {
 /// package (`import wifi_densepose`) and never reach into `_native`
 /// directly; the leading underscore is a Python convention marking
 /// it as private.
+///
+/// The function name MUST match the `module-name` in pyproject.toml's
+/// `[tool.maturin]` block — i.e. it must be `_native` because the
+/// pyproject says `module-name = "wifi_densepose._native"`. PyO3
+/// generates the `PyInit__native` symbol from this function name.
 #[pymodule]
+#[pyo3(name = "_native")]
 fn wifi_densepose_native(m: &Bound<'_, PyModule>) -> PyResult<()> {
     m.add("__rust_version__", RUST_CORE_VERSION)?;
     m.add("__rust_build_tag__", RUST_BUILD_TAG)?;