diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-traitlets_5.1.0.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-traitlets_5.1.0.bb
index da234215ea..120604a8be 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-traitlets_5.1.0.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-traitlets_5.1.0.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Traitlets Python config system"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://ipython.org"
 AUTHOR = "IPython Development Team <ipython-dev@scipy.org>"
-LICENSE = "BSD"
+LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING.md;md5=eec4de4d599518742e54e75954e33b46"
 
 PYPI_PACKAGE = "traitlets"