diff --git a/internal/spdxlicense/generate/generate_license_list_test.go b/internal/spdxlicense/generate/generate_license_list_test.go
index 16daea031bb..33a89319b88 100644
--- a/internal/spdxlicense/generate/generate_license_list_test.go
+++ b/internal/spdxlicense/generate/generate_license_list_test.go
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ func Test_processSPDXLicense(t *testing.T) {
 				"sspl-1":                                   "SSPL-1.0",
 				"sspl-1.0":                                 "SSPL-1.0",
 				"sspl-1.0.0":                               "SSPL-1.0",
-				"standardml-nj":                            "StandardML-NJ",
+				"standardml-nj":                            "SMLNJ",
 				"sugarcrm-1":                               "SugarCRM-1.1.3",
 				"sugarcrm-1.1":                             "SugarCRM-1.1.3",
 				"sugarcrm-1.1.3":                           "SugarCRM-1.1.3",
diff --git a/internal/spdxlicense/generate/license.go b/internal/spdxlicense/generate/license.go
index 74a309cf3ff..e81fadbcf59 100644
--- a/internal/spdxlicense/generate/license.go
+++ b/internal/spdxlicense/generate/license.go
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ func (l License) canReplace(other License) bool {
 			return true
 		case l.ID == "bzip2-1.0.6" && other.ID == "bzip2-1.0.5":
 			return true
+		case l.ID == "SMLNJ" && other.ID == "StandardML-NJ":
+			return true
 		}
 	}