diff --git a/srcpkgs/fmt/template b/srcpkgs/fmt/template
index 8b94c6dc51f..c32298a35a9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fmt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fmt/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DFMT_DOC=OFF -DFMT_TEST=OFF"
 short_desc="Modern formatting library"
 maintainer="skmpz <dem.procopiou@gmail.com>"
-license="BSD-2-Clause"
+license="MIT WITH fmt-exception"
 homepage="https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fmtlib/fmt/master/ChangeLog.rst"
 distfiles="https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt/archive/${version}.tar.gz"