diff --git a/gawk.changes b/gawk.changes
index dd35f50..e9bb337 100644
--- a/gawk.changes
+++ b/gawk.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Dec  2 14:52:56 UTC 2011 - cfarrell@suse.com
+
+- license update: GPL-3.0+
+  gawk is GPL-3.0+ in 4.0.0
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Dec  1 15:47:50 UTC 2011 - coolo@suse.com
 
diff --git a/gawk.spec b/gawk.spec
index 3e9bd0d..1392a22 100644
--- a/gawk.spec
+++ b/gawk.spec
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 Name:           gawk
 Url:            http://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/
-License:        GPL-2.0+
+License:        GPL-3.0+
 Group:          Productivity/Text/Utilities
 Provides:       awk
 BuildRequires:  automake