diff --git a/package/exfat-utils/exfat-utils.mk b/package/exfat-utils/exfat-utils.mk
index 16d5aa03db..d13ec6bab8 100644
--- a/package/exfat-utils/exfat-utils.mk
+++ b/package/exfat-utils/exfat-utils.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 EXFAT_UTILS_VERSION = 1.3.0
 EXFAT_UTILS_SITE = https://github.com/relan/exfat/releases/download/v$(EXFAT_UTILS_VERSION)
-EXFAT_UTILS_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
+EXFAT_UTILS_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 EXFAT_UTILS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 EXFAT_UTILS_CONF_OPTS += --exec-prefix=/
diff --git a/package/exfat/exfat.mk b/package/exfat/exfat.mk
index d8744feb9b..e23495152e 100644
--- a/package/exfat/exfat.mk
+++ b/package/exfat/exfat.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ EXFAT_VERSION = 1.3.0
 EXFAT_SITE = https://github.com/relan/exfat/releases/download/v$(EXFAT_VERSION)
 EXFAT_SOURCE = fuse-exfat-$(EXFAT_VERSION).tar.gz
 EXFAT_DEPENDENCIES = libfuse host-pkgconf
-EXFAT_LICENSE = GPL-3.0+
+EXFAT_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 EXFAT_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 EXFAT_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS) -std=c99