diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e72ca70a97feeb356cf65d1ad09180e31a720ccd..910e74c46ffbcbd113a49366f3141105eecef209 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ project(
   'xfce4-notifyd',
   'c',
   version : '0.9.6-dev',
-  license : 'GPL-2',
+  license : 'GPL-2.0-or-later',
   meson_version : '>= 0.58.0',
   default_options : ['c_std=gnu99', 'buildtype=debugoptimized', 'warning_level=2']
 )