diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/mlterm/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/mlterm/default.nix
index 303b9fe5e8b..0c8ad9ae1b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/mlterm/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/mlterm/default.nix
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   pname = "mlterm";
-  version = "3.8.8";
+  version = "3.8.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "mirror://sourceforge/project/mlterm/01release/${pname}-${version}/${pname}-${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "1jq3fv2wqhszfipkzj8d0lykr6g0zzksn7xy4d3kwincmzfskv7k";
+    sha256 = "1iy7wq953gcnygr1d04h5ddvhpmy8l575n5is2w0rj3ck31ihpqd";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig autoconf ];
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Multi Lingual TERMinal emulator on X11";
     homepage = http://mlterm.sourceforge.net/;
-    license = licenses.bsd2;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ vrthra ramkromberg ];
     platforms = with platforms; linux;
   };