diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ceff5919..eccbfb82 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description = "A high level Matrix client-server library."
 edition = "2018"
 homepage = "https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk"
 keywords = ["matrix", "chat", "messaging", "ruma", "nio"]
-license = "MIT"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
 name = "matrix-sdk"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-rust-sdk"