diff --git a/linux/org.qgis.qgis.appdata.xml.in b/linux/org.qgis.qgis.appdata.xml.in
index 3dd24a2d78b..0570037dd4f 100644
--- a/linux/org.qgis.qgis.appdata.xml.in
+++ b/linux/org.qgis.qgis.appdata.xml.in
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   </screenshots>
   <description><p>QGIS is a user friendly Open Source Geographic Information System (GIS) licensed under the GNU General Public License. QGIS is an official project of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo). It runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, Windows and Android and supports numerous vector, raster, and database formats and functionalities.</p></description>
 
-  <metadata_license>MIT</metadata_license>
+  <metadata_license>CC-BY-3.0</metadata_license>
   <project_license>GPL-2.0+</project_license>
   <url type="bugtracker">https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/issues</url>
   <url type="donation">https://qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/donations.html</url>