diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 2e1272e97af01aa2fbccc4dc01bcb9c0b3a54cd8..a9fd4339e28eaaa4891276cab7b71493d8b6e4a8 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ If you are going to use simpleSAMLphp in a commercial context, and you want to u
 
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 simpleSAMLphp is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.