diff --git a/python-pyenchant.changes b/python-pyenchant.changes
index aab7cb6..2e60732 100644
--- a/python-pyenchant.changes
+++ b/python-pyenchant.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 27 14:43:28 UTC 2012 - cfarrell@suse.com
+
+- license update: LGPL-2.1+
+  No reason to believe that the package author restricted licensing to only
+  version 2.1 of the LGPL. As such LGPL-2.1+ is the better choice
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Feb 20 13:35:38 UTC 2012 - saschpe@suse.de
 
diff --git a/python-pyenchant.spec b/python-pyenchant.spec
index 1c17185..2fc6440 100644
--- a/python-pyenchant.spec
+++ b/python-pyenchant.spec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Version:        1.6.5
 Release:        0
 Url:            http://www.rfk.id.au/software/pyenchant/
 Summary:        Python bindings for the Enchant spellchecking system
-License:        LGPL-2.1
+License:        LGPL-2.1+
 Group:          Development/Languages/Python
 Source:         pyenchant-%{version}.tar.gz
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build