diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 27ed75c..ee2844b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 authors = ["Michael Zhang <mail@mzhang.io>"]
 description = "cli tool for interacting with the freedesktop trashcan"
 repository = "https://git.sr.ht/~iptq/garbage"
-license = "MIT"
+license = "GPL3"
 edition = "2018"
 
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1643732..18b4c47 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@ About
 
 Author: Michael Zhang
 
-License: MIT
+License: GPLv3