diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 38b9e85237..a6d26a26fb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/jtescher/opentelemetry-rust"
 readme = "README.md"
 categories = ["development-tools::debugging"]
 keywords = ["opentelemetry", "jaeger", "prometheus"]
-license = "MIT"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
 edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ rustracing = "0.2.0"
 rustracing_jaeger = "0.2.1"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-hyper = "0.12.0"
\ No newline at end of file
+hyper = "0.12.0"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c4181a228e..9c88826c75 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 [![Crates.io: opentelemetry](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/opentelemetry.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/opentelemetry)
 [![Documentation](https://docs.rs/opentelemetry/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/opentelemetry)
-[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg)](LICENSE.txt)
+[![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/l/opentelemetry)](./LICENSE)
 
 A Rust [OpenTelemetry](https://opentelemetry.io/) client.