diff --git a/poky/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt_0.52.21.bb b/poky/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt_0.52.21.bb
index 86301b9..430e481 100644
--- a/poky/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt_0.52.21.bb
+++ b/poky/meta/recipes-extended/newt/libnewt_0.52.21.bb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 HOMEPAGE = "https://releases.pagure.org/newt/"
 SECTION = "libs"
 
-LICENSE = "LGPLv2"
+LICENSE = "LGPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=5f30f0716dfdd0d91eb439ebec522ec2"
 
 # slang needs to be >= 2.2