diff --git a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
index aad85f5c..7afe7b35 100644
--- a/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
+++ b/.claude-plugin/marketplace.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   "plugins": [
     {
       "name": "kbagent",
-      "version": "0.81.0",
+      "version": "0.82.0",
       "source": "./plugins/kbagent",
       "description": "AI-friendly interface to Keboola Connection projects — explore configs, jobs, lineage, call MCP tools, manage dev branches, and debug SQL in workspaces",
       "category": "development"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-kbagent.yml b/.github/workflows/release-kbagent.yml
index 9bf33052..9d627ee0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-kbagent.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-kbagent.yml
@@ -501,6 +501,13 @@ jobs:
     env:
       VERSION: ${{ needs.version.outputs.VERSION }}
     steps:
+      # NOTE for whoever gets this job working: `wingetcreate update` only bumps
+      # the version and installer URL -- it does NOT write locale fields. The
+      # FIRST successful submission must therefore set `License: Apache-2.0`
+      # itself, because every later run inherits whatever that manifest said.
+      # Do not copy the existing `Keboola.KeboolaCLI` manifest: that is the
+      # legacy Go CLI from keboola/keboola-as-code, a different product under a
+      # different (MIT) licence. `Keboola.KeboolaCLI2` has never been submitted.
       - name: Submit to winget-pkgs
         shell: bash
         env:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 59174a85..d8b58f9e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -330,4 +330,4 @@ make hooks     # install pre-commit hook
 
 ## License
 
-MIT
+[Apache License 2.0](LICENSE)
diff --git a/build/package/homebrew/keboola-cli2.rb.tmpl b/build/package/homebrew/keboola-cli2.rb.tmpl
index 3281af78..eb3e455b 100644
--- a/build/package/homebrew/keboola-cli2.rb.tmpl
+++ b/build/package/homebrew/keboola-cli2.rb.tmpl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class KeboolaCli2 < Formula
   desc "AI-friendly CLI for managing Keboola projects (kbagent)"
   homepage "https://github.com/keboola/cli"
   version "{VERSION}"
-  license "MIT"
+  license "Apache-2.0"
 
   on_macos do
     # Apple Silicon only (single macOS build env). Gate on arch so Intel Macs get a
diff --git a/build/package/nfpm.yaml b/build/package/nfpm.yaml
index 2ef96e55..22952df5 100644
--- a/build/package/nfpm.yaml
+++ b/build/package/nfpm.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ description: |
   Self-contained native binary; no Python runtime required.
 vendor: "Keboola"
 homepage: "https://github.com/keboola/cli"
-license: "MIT"
+license: "Apache-2.0"
 
 contents:
   - src: ${BIN_PATH}
diff --git a/plugins/kbagent/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/kbagent/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index dcfc0ac2..2f400caa 100644
--- a/plugins/kbagent/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/kbagent/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "kbagent",
-  "version": "0.81.0",
+  "version": "0.82.0",
   "description": "AI-friendly interface to Keboola Connection projects — explore configs, jobs, lineage, call MCP tools, manage dev branches, and debug SQL in workspaces",
   "author": {
     "name": "Keboola",
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/keboola/cli",
   "repository": "https://github.com/keboola/cli",
-  "license": "MIT"
+  "license": "Apache-2.0"
 }
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c10487ac..3ef971df 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [project]
 name = "keboola-cli"
-version = "0.81.0"
+version = "0.82.0"
 description = "AI-friendly CLI for managing Keboola projects"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
-license = "MIT"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
 authors = [
     { name = "Keboola", email = "dev@keboola.com" },
 ]
diff --git a/src/keboola_agent_cli/changelog.py b/src/keboola_agent_cli/changelog.py
index a8933226..e35f56f0 100644
--- a/src/keboola_agent_cli/changelog.py
+++ b/src/keboola_agent_cli/changelog.py
@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@
 
 # Ordered newest-first.  Each value is a list of brief one-line descriptions.
 CHANGELOG: dict[str, list[str]] = {
+    "0.82.0": [
+        "Fix: kbagent is licensed under **Apache 2.0**, and the packaging metadata now says "
+        "so. #544 added an Apache 2.0 `LICENSE` file, but `pyproject.toml`, the deb/rpm "
+        "package, the Homebrew formula, the Claude Code plugin manifest and the README all "
+        "still declared MIT -- so v0.79.0 through v0.81.0 shipped a wheel telling PyPI one "
+        "licence while the LICENSE file in the same distribution said another, and the "
+        "Chocolatey package pointed its `licenseUrl` at the Apache text under an MIT "
+        "declaration. Nothing caught it because each file was individually valid. The wheel "
+        "now carries `License-Expression: Apache-2.0`, and a test pins all five declaration "
+        "sites to the LICENSE file so they cannot drift apart again. No code change; if you "
+        "vendored kbagent under the belief it was MIT, re-check against Apache 2.0.",
+    ],
     "0.81.0": [
         "New (#390): `kbagent doctor` gains an `mcp_tool_tasks` check that finds scheduled "
         "agent tasks still using the deprecated `--type mcp_tool` action, which is removed "
diff --git a/tests/test_license_consistency.py b/tests/test_license_consistency.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea01ba4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_license_consistency.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+"""The declared licence must match the LICENSE file, everywhere it is declared.
+
+kbagent declares its licence in five places that nothing kept in sync: the
+Python distribution metadata, the deb/rpm package, the Homebrew formula, the
+Claude Code plugin manifest and the README. #544 added an Apache 2.0 `LICENSE`
+file while all five still said MIT, and v0.79.0 shipped that contradiction --
+the wheel told PyPI one licence while the file in the same repo said another.
+No CI check noticed, because each file is individually valid.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import json
+import re
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+REPO_ROOT = Path(__file__).parent.parent
+LICENSE_PATH = REPO_ROOT / "LICENSE"
+
+#: SPDX identifier the repository is licensed under. Change this ONLY together
+#: with the LICENSE file itself -- every assertion below hangs off it.
+EXPECTED_SPDX = "Apache-2.0"
+
+#: How each packaging file spells the same licence.
+_DECLARATIONS: tuple[tuple[str, str], ...] = (
+    ("pyproject.toml", rf'^license = "{re.escape(EXPECTED_SPDX)}"$'),
+    ("build/package/nfpm.yaml", rf'^license: "{re.escape(EXPECTED_SPDX)}"$'),
+    (
+        "build/package/homebrew/keboola-cli2.rb.tmpl",
+        rf'^\s*license "{re.escape(EXPECTED_SPDX)}"$',
+    ),
+)
+
+
+def test_license_file_is_the_expected_licence() -> None:
+    """Anchor: the other assertions are only meaningful against the real file."""
+    text = LICENSE_PATH.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert "Apache License" in text
+    assert "Version 2.0" in text
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(("relative_path", "pattern"), _DECLARATIONS)
+def test_packaging_file_declares_the_same_licence(relative_path: str, pattern: str) -> None:
+    text = (REPO_ROOT / relative_path).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    assert re.search(pattern, text, re.MULTILINE), (
+        f"{relative_path} does not declare {EXPECTED_SPDX}; it must match the LICENSE file"
+    )
+
+
+def test_plugin_manifest_declares_the_same_licence() -> None:
+    manifest = json.loads(
+        (REPO_ROOT / "plugins/kbagent/.claude-plugin/plugin.json").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    )
+    assert manifest["license"] == EXPECTED_SPDX
+
+
+def test_readme_does_not_still_claim_mit() -> None:
+    """The README is what a human reads before the metadata."""
+    readme = (REPO_ROOT / "README.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    section = readme.split("## License", 1)
+    assert len(section) == 2, "README has no License section"
+    body = section[1][:200]
+    assert "MIT" not in body
+    assert "Apache" in body
+
+
+def test_chocolatey_points_its_license_url_at_the_repo_license() -> None:
+    """The nuspec has no SPDX field; its licenceUrl is the whole declaration.
+
+    A URL to the LICENSE file self-updates with the repository, which is why
+    this channel never went stale -- but only as long as it points THERE and
+    not at a hard-coded licence page.
+    """
+    nuspec = (REPO_ROOT / "build/package/chocolatey/keboola-cli2.nuspec").read_text(
+        encoding="utf-8"
+    )
+    assert "<licenseUrl>https://github.com/keboola/cli/blob/main/LICENSE</licenseUrl>" in nuspec
+
+
+def test_no_packaging_file_still_says_mit() -> None:
+    """Catch a sixth declaration site added later without updating this test."""
+    offenders = []
+    for relative_path in (
+        "pyproject.toml",
+        "build/package/nfpm.yaml",
+        "build/package/homebrew/keboola-cli2.rb.tmpl",
+        "plugins/kbagent/.claude-plugin/plugin.json",
+        "README.md",
+    ):
+        text = (REPO_ROOT / relative_path).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        if re.search(r"\bMIT\b", text):
+            offenders.append(relative_path)
+    assert not offenders, f"still declaring MIT: {offenders}"
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index e08389fa..0eb9138e 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "keboola-cli"
-version = "0.81.0"
+version = "0.82.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "croniter" },