diff --git a/netcontrol.changes b/netcontrol.changes
index acb7739..79d0290 100644
--- a/netcontrol.changes
+++ b/netcontrol.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep  9 14:10:39 UTC 2011 - cfarrell@suse.com
+
+- license update: LGPL-2.1+
+  SPDX syntax. See http://www.spdx.org/licenses
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Sep  8 17:05:01 UTC 2011 - mt@suse.de
 
diff --git a/netcontrol.spec b/netcontrol.spec
index 4a27013..d09198a 100644
--- a/netcontrol.spec
+++ b/netcontrol.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Version:        0.2.3
 Release:        1
 Summary:        A network configuration library
 Group:          Productivity/Networking/System
-License:        LGPL v2.1 or later
+License:        LGPL-2.1+
 #
 # License note:
 # libnetcontrol contains source code which is based on wicked.
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Authors:
     Marius Tomaschewski <mt@suse.de>
 
 %package -n     libnetcontrol-devel
-License:        LGPL v2.1 or later
+License:        LGPL-2.1+
 Summary:        Development header and library files
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       libnetcontrol0 = %{version}