diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-json.c b/libnm-core/nm-json.c
index 10c2abd225..001d53dbb6 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-json.c
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-json.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2017, 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
  */
diff --git a/libnm-core/nm-json.h b/libnm-core/nm-json.h
index fc7d2a16e6..d857fe0275 100644
--- a/libnm-core/nm-json.h
+++ b/libnm-core/nm-json.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
 /*
  * Copyright (C) 2017, 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
  */