diff --git a/package/joe/joe.mk b/package/joe/joe.mk
index 3d0e9f7769..3aef8e4c82 100644
--- a/package/joe/joe.mk
+++ b/package/joe/joe.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 JOE_VERSION = 4.4
 JOE_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/joe-editor/JOE%20sources/joe-$(JOE_VERSION)
-JOE_LICENSE = GPL-1.0+
+JOE_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 JOE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES),y)