diff --git a/recipes-bsp/gpio-shutdown/gpio-shutdown.bb b/recipes-bsp/gpio-shutdown/gpio-shutdown.bb
index 0682489..d690840 100644
--- a/recipes-bsp/gpio-shutdown/gpio-shutdown.bb
+++ b/recipes-bsp/gpio-shutdown/gpio-shutdown.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 SUMMARY = "GPIO shutdown bindings for SysV init"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${COMMON_LICENSE_DIR}/GPL-2.0-only;md5=801f80980d171dd6425610833a22dbe6"
 
 SRC_URI = "file://bind_gpio_shutdown.tab \
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/bcm2835/bcm2835_1.52.bb b/recipes-devtools/bcm2835/bcm2835_1.52.bb
index 87252bb..6538f6a 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/bcm2835/bcm2835_1.52.bb
+++ b/recipes-devtools/bcm2835/bcm2835_1.52.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ SECTION = "base"
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.open.com.au/mikem/bcm2835"
 AUTHOR = "Mike McCauley (mikem@open.com.au)"
 
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=b234ee4d69f5fce4486a80fdaf4a4263"
 
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^rpi$"
diff --git a/recipes-devtools/python/rpio_0.10.0.bb b/recipes-devtools/python/rpio_0.10.0.bb
index 1c8075f..f75806e 100644
--- a/recipes-devtools/python/rpio_0.10.0.bb
+++ b/recipes-devtools/python/rpio_0.10.0.bb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ DESCRIPTION = "Advanced GPIO for the Raspberry Pi. Extends RPi.GPIO with PWM, \
 GPIO interrups, TCP socket interrupts, command line tools and more"
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/metachris/RPIO"
 SECTION = "devel/python"
-LICENSE = "LGPLv3+"
+LICENSE = "LGPL-3.0-or-later"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://README.rst;beginline=41;endline=53;md5=d5d95d7486a4d98c999675c23196b25a"
 
 PYPI_PACKAGE = "RPIO"
diff --git a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi.inc b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi.inc
index ea47b56..f790c3c 100644
--- a/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi.inc
+++ b/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-raspberrypi.inc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 DESCRIPTION = "Linux Kernel for Raspberry Pi"
 SECTION = "kernel"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=6bc538ed5bd9a7fc9398086aedcd7e46"
 
 COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "^rpi$"
diff --git a/recipes-multimedia/omxplayer/omxplayer_git.bb b/recipes-multimedia/omxplayer/omxplayer_git.bb
index 64233b3..2519692 100644
--- a/recipes-multimedia/omxplayer/omxplayer_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-multimedia/omxplayer/omxplayer_git.bb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Raspberry PI implementation and is quite handy to use standalone"
 HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/popcornmix/omxplayer"
 SECTION = "console/utils"
 
-LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LICENSE = "GPL-2.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=00a27da7ac0f9bcd17320ec29ef4bbf6"
 
 DEPENDS = "libpcre libav virtual/egl boost freetype dbus openssl libssh virtual/libomxil coreutils-native curl-native userland"