diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 70c5832d..e05d4572 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Changed
 
 - Remove suggestion to use (STAC) asset keys directly as file name [#579](https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-api/issues/579)
+- Align collection `license` field with current STAC spec: use `other` instead of deprecated `proprietary`/`various` [#592](https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-api/issues/592)
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/openapi.yaml b/openapi.yaml
index a69707b2..c58b7af4 100644
--- a/openapi.yaml
+++ b/openapi.yaml
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ paths:
                       Land Monitoring studies, including the monitoring of
                       vegetation, soil and water cover, as well as observation
                       of inland waterways and coastal areas.
-                    license: proprietary
+                    license: other
                     extent:
                       spatial:
                         bbox:
@@ -1355,7 +1355,7 @@ paths:
                       minimum channel 3 (blue) value is used. Validation at
                       stage 3 has been achieved for all MODIS Surface
                       Reflectance products.
-                    license: proprietary
+                    license: other
                     extent:
                       spatial:
                         bbox:
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ paths:
                   Sentinel-2A is a wide-swath, high-resolution, multi-spectral
                   imaging mission supporting Copernicus Land Monitoring
                   studies.
-                license: proprietary
+                license: other
                 keywords:
                   - copernicus
                   - esa
@@ -4487,7 +4487,7 @@ components:
             1. `root` and `parent`: URL to the data discovery endpoint at `/collections`.
 
             2. `license`: A link to the license(s) SHOULD be specified if the `license`
-            field is set to `proprietary` or `various`.
+            field is set to `other` or one of the deprecated values `proprietary` and `various`.
 
             3. `example`: Links to examples of processes that use this collection.
 
@@ -4608,9 +4608,9 @@ components:
       type: string
       description: |-
         License(s) of the data as a SPDX [License identifier](https://spdx.org/licenses/).
-        Alternatively, use `proprietary` if the license is not on the SPDX
-        license list or `various` if multiple licenses apply. In these two cases
-        links to the license texts SHOULD be added, see the `license` link
+        Alternatively, use `other` if the license is not on the SPDX license list.
+        (Note that the strings `proprietary` and `various` are deprecated here.)
+        If set to `other`, links to the license texts SHOULD be added, see the `license` link
         relation type.
 
         Non-SPDX licenses SHOULD add a link to the license text with the