diff --git a/package/python-paho-mqtt/python-paho-mqtt.mk b/package/python-paho-mqtt/python-paho-mqtt.mk
index 90ed8370f7..5e1d2fe32d 100644
--- a/package/python-paho-mqtt/python-paho-mqtt.mk
+++ b/package/python-paho-mqtt/python-paho-mqtt.mk
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 
 PYTHON_PAHO_MQTT_VERSION = 2.1.0
 PYTHON_PAHO_MQTT_SITE = $(call github,eclipse,paho.mqtt.python,v$(PYTHON_PAHO_MQTT_VERSION))
-PYTHON_PAHO_MQTT_LICENSE = EPL-2.0, EDLv1.0
+# LICENSE.txt, EDLv1.0 is a BSD-3-Clause license
+PYTHON_PAHO_MQTT_LICENSE = EPL-2.0 or BSD-3-Clause
 PYTHON_PAHO_MQTT_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE.txt epl-v20 edl-v10
 PYTHON_PAHO_MQTT_SETUP_TYPE = hatch