diff --git a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pybind11_2.8.1.bb b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pybind11_2.8.1.bb
index 4d94e2033e..4da693d4bc 100644
--- a/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pybind11_2.8.1.bb
+++ b/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-pybind11_2.8.1.bb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SUMMARY = "Seamless operability between C++11 and Python"
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/wjakob/pybind11"
-LICENSE = "BSD-2-Clause"
+LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=774f65abd8a7fe3124be2cdf766cd06f"
 
 DEPENDS = "boost"