diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/taskwarrior/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/taskwarrior/default.nix
index 52b721622e4e..1202c4327bb4 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/taskwarrior/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/taskwarrior/default.nix
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = {
     description = "Command-line todo list manager";
     homepage = http://taskwarrior.org/;
-    license = "MIT";
+    license = "GPLv2+";
   };
 }