diff --git a/setup-client.py b/setup-client.py
index 1f427b6e1..332d29264 100755
--- a/setup-client.py
+++ b/setup-client.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import ipalib
 setup(
     name='freeipa',
     version=ipalib.__version__,
-    license='GPLv2+',
+    license='GPLv3+',
     url='http://freeipa.org/',
     packages=[
         'ipalib',
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 08a14d3a1..4a01b1e99 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class install_data(_install_data):
 setup(
     name='freeipa',
     version=ipalib.__version__,
-    license='GPLv2+',
+    license='GPLv3+',
     url='http://freeipa.org/',
     packages=[
         'ipalib',