diff --git a/package/avocado/avocado.mk b/package/avocado/avocado.mk
index 282cb34fd3..b308a37b37 100644
--- a/package/avocado/avocado.mk
+++ b/package/avocado/avocado.mk
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 AVOCADO_VERSION = 98.0
 AVOCADO_SITE = $(call github,avocado-framework,avocado,$(AVOCADO_VERSION))
 AVOCADO_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
-AVOCADO_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
+AVOCADO_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
 AVOCADO_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 
 $(eval $(python-package))