diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bespon/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bespon/default.nix
index 24448d610f1..da6820ef6ec 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bespon/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bespon/default.nix
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Encodes and decodes data in the BespON format.";
     homepage = "https://github.com/gpoore/bespon_py";
-    license = licenses.lgpl3;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ synthetica ];
   };