diff --git a/recipes-core/jdepend/jdepend_2.9.1.bb b/recipes-core/jdepend/jdepend_2.9.1.bb
index deae6a8eb74a..1fa156ca90c6 100644
--- a/recipes-core/jdepend/jdepend_2.9.1.bb
+++ b/recipes-core/jdepend/jdepend_2.9.1.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUMMARY = "Design quality metrics generator for each Java"
 
 # see https://github.com/clarkware/jdepend/blob/master/LICENSE
-LICENSE = "BSD"
+LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=f5777d32a7709d558c2877d4a6616230"
 
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/clarkware/jdepend"