diff --git a/scenario_coverage/package.xml b/scenario_coverage/package.xml
index fa6dd53c..41aef23d 100644
--- a/scenario_coverage/package.xml
+++ b/scenario_coverage/package.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <description>Robotics Scenario Execution Coverage Tools</description>
   <author email="scenario-execution@intel.com">Intel Labs</author>
   <maintainer email="scenario-execution@intel.com">Intel Labs</maintainer>
-  <license file="../LICENSE">Apache-2.0</license>
+  <license>Apache-2.0</license>
 
   <exec_depend>scenario_execution</exec_depend>
   <test_depend>python3-pexpect</test_depend>
diff --git a/scenario_execution/package.xml b/scenario_execution/package.xml
index af3b8383..f48df62e 100644
--- a/scenario_execution/package.xml
+++ b/scenario_execution/package.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <description>Scenario Execution</description>
   <author email="scenario-execution@intel.com">Intel Labs</author>
   <maintainer email="scenario-execution@intel.com">Intel Labs</maintainer>
-  <license file="../LICENSE">Apache-2.0</license>
+  <license>Apache-2.0</license>
 
   <exec_depend>py_trees</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>python3-yaml</exec_depend>
diff --git a/scenario_execution_control/package.xml b/scenario_execution_control/package.xml
index f98e1f61..f1b4d4ec 100644
--- a/scenario_execution_control/package.xml
+++ b/scenario_execution_control/package.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <description>Scenario Execution Control</description>
   <author email="scenario-execution@intel.com">Intel Labs</author>
   <maintainer email="scenario-execution@intel.com">Intel Labs</maintainer>
-  <license file="../LICENSE">Apache-2.0</license>
+  <license>Apache-2.0</license>
 
   <exec_depend>scenario_execution_interfaces</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>std_srvs</exec_depend>
diff --git a/scenario_execution_interfaces/package.xml b/scenario_execution_interfaces/package.xml
index 15baf3db..4792dde5 100644
--- a/scenario_execution_interfaces/package.xml
+++ b/scenario_execution_interfaces/package.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <description>ROS2 Interfaces for Scenario Execution</description>
   <author email="scenario-execution@intel.com">Intel Labs</author>
   <maintainer email="scenario-execution@intel.com">Intel Labs</maintainer>
-  <license file="../LICENSE">Apache-2.0</license>
+  <license>Apache-2.0</license>
 
   <buildtool_depend>ament_cmake</buildtool_depend>
   <build_depend>rosidl_default_generators</build_depend>
diff --git a/scenario_execution_rviz/package.xml b/scenario_execution_rviz/package.xml
index 15164379..917f75eb 100644
--- a/scenario_execution_rviz/package.xml
+++ b/scenario_execution_rviz/package.xml
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
   <description>The scenario_execution_rviz package</description>
   <author email="scenario-execution@intel.com">Intel Labs</author>
   <maintainer email="scenario-execution@intel.com">Intel Labs</maintainer>
-  <license file="../LICENSE">Apache-2.0</license>
-  <license file="LICENSE_MIT">MIT</license>
+  <license>Apache-2.0</license>
+  <license>MIT</license>
 
   <depend>rclcpp</depend>
   <buildtool_depend>ament_cmake</buildtool_depend>
diff --git a/simulation/gazebo/gazebo_static_camera/package.xml b/simulation/gazebo/gazebo_static_camera/package.xml
index 1d0be96f..c3a1cbe4 100644
--- a/simulation/gazebo/gazebo_static_camera/package.xml
+++ b/simulation/gazebo/gazebo_static_camera/package.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <description>Spawn a static camera within a gazebo world</description>
   <author email="scenario-execution@intel.com">Intel Labs</author>
   <maintainer email="scenario-execution@intel.com">Intel Labs</maintainer>
-  <license file="../../../LICENSE">Apache-2.0</license>
+  <license>Apache-2.0</license>
   
   <exec_depend>rclpy</exec_depend>
   <exec_depend>ros_gz_bridge</exec_depend>
diff --git a/simulation/gazebo/gazebo_tf_publisher/package.xml b/simulation/gazebo/gazebo_tf_publisher/package.xml
index 509169e6..170b8c38 100755
--- a/simulation/gazebo/gazebo_tf_publisher/package.xml
+++ b/simulation/gazebo/gazebo_tf_publisher/package.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   </description>
   <author email="scenario-execution@intel.com">Intel Labs</author>
   <maintainer email="scenario-execution@intel.com">Intel Labs</maintainer>
-  <license file="../../../LICENSE">Apache-2.0</license>
+  <license>Apache-2.0</license>
 
   <buildtool_depend>ament_cmake</buildtool_depend>
 
diff --git a/simulation/gazebo/tb4_sim_scenario/package.xml b/simulation/gazebo/tb4_sim_scenario/package.xml
index 9c22f1c6..f4dfaa2a 100644
--- a/simulation/gazebo/tb4_sim_scenario/package.xml
+++ b/simulation/gazebo/tb4_sim_scenario/package.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <description>TurtleBot 4 Simulation Scenario Execution</description>
   <author email="scenario-execution@intel.com">Intel Labs</author>
   <maintainer email="scenario-execution@intel.com">Intel Labs</maintainer>
-  <license file="../../../LICENSE">Apache-2.0</license>
+  <license>Apache-2.0</license>
 
   <buildtool_depend>ament_cmake</buildtool_depend>