diff --git a/recipes-cinnamon/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop.bb b/recipes-cinnamon/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop.bb
index 5a1f261..3874c3b 100644
--- a/recipes-cinnamon/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop.bb
+++ b/recipes-cinnamon/cinnamon-desktop/cinnamon-desktop.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 SUMMARY = "The cinnamon-desktop library"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2 & LGPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only & LGPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = " \
     file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263 \
     file://COPYING.LIB;md5=5f30f0716dfdd0d91eb439ebec522ec2 \
diff --git a/recipes-cinnamon/cinnamon-menus/cinnamon-menus.bb b/recipes-cinnamon/cinnamon-menus/cinnamon-menus.bb
index 4ac8b83..67365e6 100644
--- a/recipes-cinnamon/cinnamon-menus/cinnamon-menus.bb
+++ b/recipes-cinnamon/cinnamon-menus/cinnamon-menus.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 SUMMARY = "The cinnamon-menu library"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2 & LGPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only & LGPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = " \
     file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263 \
     file://COPYING.LIB;md5=5f30f0716dfdd0d91eb439ebec522ec2 \
diff --git a/recipes-cinnamon/cjs/cjs.bb b/recipes-cinnamon/cjs/cjs.bb
index 160cf49..eb51add 100644
--- a/recipes-cinnamon/cjs/cjs.bb
+++ b/recipes-cinnamon/cjs/cjs.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 SUMMARY = "TThe Cinnamon Javascript interpreter"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2 & LGPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only & LGPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = " \
     file://COPYING;md5=beb29cf17fabe736f0639b09ee6e76fa \
     file://COPYING.LGPL;md5=3bf50002aefd002f49e7bb854063f7e7 \
diff --git a/recipes-cinnamon/muffin/muffin.bb b/recipes-cinnamon/muffin/muffin.bb
index 620508a..62b1e84 100644
--- a/recipes-cinnamon/muffin/muffin.bb
+++ b/recipes-cinnamon/muffin/muffin.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 SUMMARY = "The window management library for the Cinnamon desktop"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=8955bdc698cdc995fb6abba2cb6f7347"
 
 DEPENDS = " \