diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/conf/layer.conf b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/conf/layer.conf
index 33e61d3..c63383f 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/conf/layer.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # choosing carefully how this layer interacts with all of the
 # other layers.
 
-BBFILE_PRIORITY_meta-initramfs = "8"
+BBFILE_PRIORITY_meta-initramfs = "5"
 LAYERDEPENDS_meta-initramfs = "core"
 
 LAYERSERIES_COMPAT_meta-initramfs = "kirkstone"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-bsp/kexecboot/kexecboot_git.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-bsp/kexecboot/kexecboot_git.bb
index 08d983e..9f7a214 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-bsp/kexecboot/kexecboot_git.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-bsp/kexecboot/kexecboot_git.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "kexecboot linux-as-bootloader"
 DESCRIPTION = "kexecboot is a graphical linux-as-bootloader implementation based on kexec."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://kexecboot.org"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f"
 PV = "0.6+git${SRCPV}"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/dracut/dracut_055.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/dracut/dracut_055.bb
index 3eee666..a8fc546 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/dracut/dracut_055.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/dracut/dracut_055.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 HOMEPAGE = "https://dracut.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page"
 DESCRIPTION = "Dracut is an event driven initramfs infrastructure. dracut (the tool) is used to create an initramfs image by copying tools and files from an installed system and combining it with the dracut framework, usually found in /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d."
 
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 
 PE = "1"
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/grubby/grubby_8.40.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/grubby/grubby_8.40.bb
index b224a5c..307c0e8 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/grubby/grubby_8.40.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/grubby/grubby_8.40.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 new kernels and need to find information about the current boot environment. \
 "
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/rhboot/grubby"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-or-later"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=892f569a555ba9c07a568a7c0c4fa63a"
 
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/grubby/grubby_git.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/grubby/grubby_git.bb
index 43fcc1a..a276bf4 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/grubby/grubby_git.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/grubby/grubby_git.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 new kernels and need to find information about the current boot environment. \
 "
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/rhboot/grubby"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-or-later"
 
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=892f569a555ba9c07a568a7c0c4fa63a"
 
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/klibc/klibc.inc b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/klibc/klibc.inc
index 1a188a6..ceb4f5a 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/klibc/klibc.inc
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/klibc/klibc.inc
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 use with initramfs.  It is deliberately written for small size, \
 minimal entaglement, and portability, not speed."
 SECTION = "libs"
-LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause & GPL-2.0 & MIT & Zlib"
+LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause & GPL-2.0-only & MIT & Zlib"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://usr/klibc/LICENSE;md5=d75181f10e998c21eb147f6d2e43ce8b"
 DEPENDS = "linux-libc-headers perl-native"
 
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/mtd/ubi-utils-klibc_2.0.2.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/mtd/ubi-utils-klibc_2.0.2.bb
index e5446c1..8b91fb4 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/mtd/ubi-utils-klibc_2.0.2.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-devtools/mtd/ubi-utils-klibc_2.0.2.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 SECTION = "base"
 DEPENDS = "zlib lzo e2fsprogs util-linux"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2+"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-or-later"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=0636e73ff0215e8d672dc4c32c317bb3 \
                     file://include/common.h;beginline=1;endline=17;md5=ba05b07912a44ea2bf81ce409380049c"
 
diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools-klibc_git.bb b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools-klibc_git.bb
index a588296..88f32c8 100644
--- a/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools-klibc_git.bb
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-initramfs/recipes-kernel/kexec/kexec-tools-klibc_git.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 AUTHOR = "Eric Biederman"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kexec/"
 SECTION = "kernel/userland"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=ea5bed2f60d357618ca161ad539f7c0a \
                     file://kexec/kexec.c;beginline=1;endline=20;md5=af10f6ae4a8715965e648aa687ad3e09"
 PV = "2.0.18+git${SRCPV}"