diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/readline/readline-8.1_p2-r1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/readline/readline-8.1_p2-r1.ebuild
index 84edd8c8f7..e14bc4ac2c 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/readline/readline-8.1_p2-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/readline/readline-8.1_p2-r1.ebuild
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ case ${PV} in
 	;;
 esac
 
-LICENSE="GPL-3"
+LICENSE="GPL-3+"
 SLOT="0/8"  # subslot matches SONAME major
 [[ ${PV} == *_rc* ]] || \
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm arm64 hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 sparc x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~arm64-macos ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/readline/readline-8.2_p1.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/readline/readline-8.2_p1.ebuild
index bc5e7e6832..0e7f162ff0 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/readline/readline-8.2_p1.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/readline/readline-8.2_p1.ebuild
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ if ! is_release ; then
 	inherit autotools
 fi
 
-LICENSE="GPL-3"
+LICENSE="GPL-3+"
 SLOT="0/8"  # subslot matches SONAME major
 if is_release ; then
 	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~arm64-macos ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/readline/readline-9999.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/readline/readline-9999.ebuild
index bc5e7e6832..0e7f162ff0 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/readline/readline-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-libs/readline/readline-9999.ebuild
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ if ! is_release ; then
 	inherit autotools
 fi
 
-LICENSE="GPL-3"
+LICENSE="GPL-3+"
 SLOT="0/8"  # subslot matches SONAME major
 if is_release ; then
 	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~loong ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~riscv ~s390 ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux ~arm64-macos ~ppc-macos ~x64-macos ~x64-solaris"