diff --git a/sys-apps/etckeeper/etckeeper-1.18.22.ebuild b/sys-apps/etckeeper/etckeeper-1.18.22.ebuild
index ef2efd5b3863..f1ebe434bdc5 100644
--- a/sys-apps/etckeeper/etckeeper-1.18.22.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/etckeeper/etckeeper-1.18.22.ebuild
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DESCRIPTION="A collection of tools to let /etc be stored in a repository"
 HOMEPAGE="https://etckeeper.branchable.com/"
 SRC_URI="https://git.joeyh.name/index.cgi/etckeeper.git/snapshot/${P}.tar.gz"
 
-LICENSE="GPL-2"
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm arm64 ~hppa ~ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc x86"
 IUSE="cron test"
diff --git a/sys-apps/etckeeper/etckeeper-1.18.23.ebuild b/sys-apps/etckeeper/etckeeper-1.18.23.ebuild
index a1c6dee88397..523ad37b50f5 100644
--- a/sys-apps/etckeeper/etckeeper-1.18.23.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/etckeeper/etckeeper-1.18.23.ebuild
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DESCRIPTION="A collection of tools to let /etc be stored in a repository"
 HOMEPAGE="https://etckeeper.branchable.com/"
 SRC_URI="https://git.joeyh.name/index.cgi/etckeeper.git/snapshot/${P}.tar.gz"
 
-LICENSE="GPL-2"
+LICENSE="GPL-2+"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~sparc ~x86"
 IUSE="cron test"