diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 9e87dc1..066dda7 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "description": "Simple, elegant, stand-alone validation library with NO dependencies",
     "keywords": ["validation", "validator", "valid"],
     "homepage": "http://github.com/vlucas/valitron",
-    "license" : "BSD",
+    "license" : "BSD-3-Clause",
     "authors" : [
         {
             "name": "Vance Lucas",