diff --git a/bash.changes b/bash.changes
index 94e55a07..3a3d4d07 100644
--- a/bash.changes
+++ b/bash.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jun 26 12:49:53 UTC 2012 - cfarrell@suse.com
+
+- license update: GPL-3.0+
+  Upstream declares the bash license to be GPL-3.0+ - not GPL-2.0+
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jun 11 11:51:12 UTC 2012 - werner@suse.de
 
diff --git a/bash.spec b/bash.spec
index c061b279..7b701b5c 100644
--- a/bash.spec
+++ b/bash.spec
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Recommends:     bash-doc = %bash_vers
 Version:        4.2
 Release:        0
 Summary:        The GNU Bourne-Again Shell
-License:        GPL-2.0+
+License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          System/Shells
 Url:            http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html
 # Git:          http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git