diff --git a/data/applications-menu.appdata.xml.in b/data/applications-menu.metainfo.xml.in
similarity index 89%
rename from data/applications-menu.appdata.xml.in
rename to data/applications-menu.metainfo.xml.in
index 652b0046..94f761cf 100644
--- a/data/applications-menu.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/data/applications-menu.metainfo.xml.in
@@ -1,11 +1,38 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!-- Copyright 2019 elementary, Inc. <contact@elementary.io> -->
+<!-- Copyright 2019-2024 elementary, Inc. <contact@elementary.io> -->
 <component type="addon">
   <id>io.elementary.wingpanel.applications-menu</id>
+  <translation type="gettext">slingshot</translation>
   <extends>io.elementary.wingpanel</extends>
+  <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
+  <project_license>GPL-3.0+</project_license>
+  <compulsory_for_desktop>Pantheon</compulsory_for_desktop>
+
+  <icon type="stock">preferences-desktop-applications</icon>
   <name>Applications Menu</name>
   <summary>Open and search for apps</summary>
 
+  <screenshots>
+    <screenshot type="default">
+      <image>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elementary/applications-menu/master/data/screenshot.png</image>
+    </screenshot>
+    <screenshot>
+      <image>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elementary/applications-menu/master/data/screenshot-dark.png</image>
+    </screenshot>
+  </screenshots>
+
+  <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/elementary/applications-menu/issues</url>
+  <url type="donation">https://elementary.io/get-involved#funding</url>
+  <url type="help">https://github.com/elementary/applications-menu/discussions/categories/q-a</url>
+  <url type="homepage">https://elementary.io/</url>
+  <url type="translate">https://l10n.elementary.io/projects/wingpanel/applications-menu/</url>
+
+  <developer id="org.elementaryos">
+    <name>elementary, Inc.</name>
+  </developer>
+  <project_group>elementary</project_group>
+  <update_contact>contact_at_elementary.io</update_contact>
+
   <releases>
     <release version="2.11.1" date="2022-12-11" urgency="medium">
       <description>
@@ -76,25 +103,4 @@
       </description>
     </release>
   </releases>
-
-  <screenshots>
-    <screenshot type="default">
-      <image>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elementary/applications-menu/master/data/screenshot.png</image>
-    </screenshot>
-    <screenshot>
-      <image>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elementary/applications-menu/master/data/screenshot-dark.png</image>
-    </screenshot>
-  </screenshots>
-  <developer id="org.elementaryos">
-    <name>elementary, Inc.</name>
-  </developer>
-  <url type="homepage">https://elementary.io/</url>
-  <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/elementary/applications-menu/issues</url>
-  <url type="donation">https://elementary.io/get-involved#funding</url>
-  <url type="help">https://elementaryos.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/applications-menu</url>
-  <url type="translate">https://l10n.elementary.io/projects/wingpanel/applications-menu/</url>
-  <update_contact>contact_AT_elementary.io</update_contact>
-  <metadata_license>CC0-1.0</metadata_license>
-  <project_group>elementary</project_group>
-  <project_license>GPL-3.0+</project_license>
 </component>
diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
index 31e7b62d..ad876dcf 100644
--- a/data/meson.build
+++ b/data/meson.build
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 i18n.merge_file(
-    input: 'applications-menu.appdata.xml.in',
-    output: 'io.elementary.wingpanel.applications-menu.appdata.xml',
-    po_dir: join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'po', 'extra'),
+    input: 'applications-menu.metainfo.xml.in',
+    output: 'io.elementary.wingpanel.applications-menu.metainfo.xml',
+    po_dir: meson.source_root() / 'po' / 'extra',
     type: 'xml',
     install: true,
-    install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'metainfo'),
+    install_dir: datadir / 'metainfo',
 )
 
 install_data(
     'io.elementary.desktop.wingpanel.applications-menu.gschema.xml',
-    install_dir: join_paths(datadir, 'glib-2.0', 'schemas')
+    install_dir: datadir / 'glib-2.0' / 'schemas'
 )
 
diff --git a/po/extra/POTFILES b/po/extra/POTFILES
index 525ee0af..9e182125 100644
--- a/po/extra/POTFILES
+++ b/po/extra/POTFILES
@@ -1 +1 @@
-data/applications-menu.appdata.xml.in
+data/applications-menu.metainfo.xml.in