diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2dcac20f4..2dd462343 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "deltachat"
 version = "1.0.0-beta.22"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"
-license = "MPL"
+license = "MPL-2.0"
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = true
diff --git a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
index 743b93a06..39810cb30 100644
--- a/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/deltachat-ffi/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ description = "Deltachat FFI"
 authors = ["Delta Chat Developers (ML) <delta@codespeak.net>"]
 edition = "2018"
 readme = "README.md"
-license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+license = "MPL-2.0"
 
 keywords = ["deltachat", "chat", "openpgp", "email", "encryption"]
 categories = ["cryptography", "std", "email"]