diff --git a/package.xml b/package.xml
index e350819..0aee83b 100644
--- a/package.xml
+++ b/package.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <maintainer email="davetcoleman@gmail.com">Dave Coleman</maintainer>
 
-  <license>BSD</license>
+  <license>BSD-3-Clause</license>
 
   <url type="website">https://github.com/davetcoleman/graph_msgs</url>
   <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/davetcoleman/graph_msgs/issues</url>