diff --git a/doc/MCSE.2007.55.bib b/CITATION.bib
similarity index 100%
rename from doc/MCSE.2007.55.bib
rename to CITATION.bib
diff --git a/doc/citing.rst b/doc/citing.rst
index 317b7480828e..bbf4f7ea8f75 100644
--- a/doc/citing.rst
+++ b/doc/citing.rst
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ please acknowledge this fact by citing `J. D. Hunter, "Matplotlib: A 2D
 Graphics Environment", Computing in Science & Engineering, vol. 9, no. 3,
 pp. 90-95, 2007 <https://doi.org/10.1109/MCSE.2007.55>`_.
 
-.. literalinclude:: MCSE.2007.55.bib
+.. literalinclude:: ../CITATION.bib
    :language: bibtex
 
 .. container:: sphx-glr-download
 
-   :download:`Download BibTeX bibliography file: MCSE.2007.55.bib <MCSE.2007.55.bib>`
+   :download:`Download BibTeX bibliography file: CITATION.bib <../CITATION.bib>`
 
 DOIs
 ----