diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Found a bug you can fix? Fantastic! Patches are always welcome. Here's a few tip
 * Reference any existing issues that relate to your PR. This allows everyone to easily see all related discussions.
 * When submitting a change that affects CSS, please make sure that both SCSS sources and output CSS have been updated equally.
 
-By contributing code to `_s`, you grant its use under the [GNU General Public License v3](LICENSE).
+By contributing code to `_s`, you grant its use under the [GNU General Public License v2](LICENSE).
 
 ## Underscores.me
 If your issue is specific to the [Underscores.me](http://underscores.me) website, the [Underscores.me GitHub repo](https://github.com/Automattic/underscores.me) is the right place for you.