diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 041ce1c5b..f86c1d27c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ setup(
     version='2.5',
     author='Leandro Toledo',
     author_email='leandrotoledodesouza@gmail.com',
-    license='GPLv2',
+    license='LGPLv3',
     url='https://github.com/leandrotoledo/python-telegram-bot',
     keywords='telegram bot api',
     description='A Python wrapper around the Telegram Bot API',