diff --git a/perl-Text-Patch.changes b/perl-Text-Patch.changes
index 4e0a8ad..2f85013 100644
--- a/perl-Text-Patch.changes
+++ b/perl-Text-Patch.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov  5 09:57:26 UTC 2012 - cfarrell@suse.com
+
+- license update: GPL-2.0+
+  README defers only to COPYING which is GPL-2.0+ - no mention of GPL-1.0
+  anywhere
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Mar 23 12:00:00 UTC 2012 - opensuse@dstoecker.de
 
diff --git a/perl-Text-Patch.spec b/perl-Text-Patch.spec
index d66054f..cfd013e 100644
--- a/perl-Text-Patch.spec
+++ b/perl-Text-Patch.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Version:        1.8
 Release:        0
 %define cpan_name Text-Patch
 Summary:        Patches text with given patch
-License:        GPL-1.0+
+License:        GPL-2.0+
 Group:          Development/Libraries/Perl
 Url:            http://search.cpan.org/dist/Text-Patch/
 Source:         http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/C/CA/CADE/%{cpan_name}-%{version}.tar.gz