diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -329,4 +329,4 @@ Correcting a typographical error is a huge a contribution to this project. Do we
 1. [Josiah O. Yahaya](http://github.com/coderatio)
 
 ## Licence
-This project is built and used with `GPL` licence.
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+This project is built and used with `GPL.3.0` licence.
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diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "7.5.x-dev"
     },
-    "license": "GPL",
+    "license": "GPL-3.0",
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
     "require": {
         "php": ">=7.1"