diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3ceb09e55..1759554a3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ gen-web:
 	mkdir -p web/node_modules/@goauthentik/api
 	python -m scripts.web_api_esm
 	\cp -fv scripts/web_api_readme.md web-api/README.md
-	\cp -fv LICENSE web-api/LICENSE
 	cd web-api && npm i
 	\cp -rfv web-api/* web/node_modules/@goauthentik/api
 
diff --git a/scripts/web_api_esm.py b/scripts/web_api_esm.py
index d9ad1acd6..5400610d6 100644
--- a/scripts/web_api_esm.py
+++ b/scripts/web_api_esm.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ TSCONFIG_ESM = {
 
 with open("web-api/package.json", encoding="utf-8") as _package:
     package = loads(_package.read())
+    package["license"] = "GPL-3.0-only"
     package["module"] = "./dist/esm/index.js"
     package["sideEffects"] = False
     package["scripts"]["build"] =  "tsc && tsc --project tsconfig.esm.json"