diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index a42fdcc..e33def7 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ Source: http://www.digint.ch/download/btrbk/releases/
 
 Files: *
 Copyright: 2014-2015 Axel Burri <axel@tty0.ch>
-License: GPL-2+<special license>
+License: GPL-3+
  This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
  (at your option) any later version.
  .
  This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ License: GPL-2+<special license>
  along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
  .
  On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General
- Public License version 2 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2".
+ Public License version 3 can be found in "/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL".