diff --git a/cookiecutter.json b/cookiecutter.json
index c1d6f73..69a53a4 100644
--- a/cookiecutter.json
+++ b/cookiecutter.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "author_email": "author@website.com",
   "author_name": "Project Author",
 
-  "license": ["GNU GPL v3.0", "MIT", "None"],
+  "license": ["GPLv3", "MIT", "None"],
 
   "git_branch": "main",
   "github_repo_user": "",
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/LICENSE b/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/LICENSE
index 48120bf..6e48741 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/LICENSE
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/LICENSE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{% if cookiecutter.license == 'GNU GPL v3.0' %}
+{% if cookiecutter.license == 'GPLv3' %}
                     GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
                        Version 3, 29 June 2007
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/pyproject.toml b/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/pyproject.toml
index d927847..52ba0ae 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.package_name}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name = "{{cookiecutter.package_name}}"
 version = "0.0.1"
 description = "{{cookiecutter.package_description}}"
 authors = ["{{cookiecutter.author_name}} <{{cookiecutter.author_email}}>"]
-#license = "GPLv3"
+license = "{{cookiecutter.license}}"
 readme = "README.md"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]