diff --git a/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm b/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm
index 9d7ff45f..89b9ebbc 100755
--- a/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm
+++ b/confluent_osdeploy/buildrpm
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ if [ "$NUMCOMMITS" != "$VERSION"  ]; then
 fi
 sed -e "s/#VERSION#/$VERSION/" confluent_osdeploy.spec.tmpl > confluent_osdeploy.spec
 cd ..
-tar Jcvf confluent_osdeploy.tar.xz confluent_osdeploy LICENSE
+cp ../LICENSE .
+tar Jcvf confluent_osdeploy.tar.xz confluent_osdeploy
 mv confluent_osdeploy.tar.xz ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
 cd -
 mkdir -p el9bin/opt/confluent/bin