diff --git a/meta-security/recipes-security/nikto/nikto_2.1.6.bb b/meta-security/recipes-security/nikto/nikto_2.1.6.bb
index 8542d69..8c21b30 100644
--- a/meta-security/recipes-security/nikto/nikto_2.1.6.bb
+++ b/meta-security/recipes-security/nikto/nikto_2.1.6.bb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 SECTION = "security"
 HOMEPAGE = "https://cirt.net/Nikto2"
 
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/GPL-2.0-only;md5=801f80980d171dd6425610833a22dbe6"
 
 SRCREV = "f1bbd1a8756c076c8fd4f4dd0bc34a8ef215ae79"