diff --git a/scanpipe/pipes/__init__.py b/scanpipe/pipes/__init__.py
index 7fd885c36f..2ee5362295 100644
--- a/scanpipe/pipes/__init__.py
+++ b/scanpipe/pipes/__init__.py
@@ -402,9 +402,36 @@ def _clean_license_detection_data(detection_data):
         if from_file_path:
             match_data["from_file"] = from_file_path.removeprefix("codebase/")
 
+        if license_key := match_data.get("license_expression_spdx"):
+            match_data["license_expression_spdx"] = scancode.normalize_spdx_identifier(
+                license_key
+            )
+
         updated_matches.append(match_data)
 
     detection_data["matches"] = updated_matches
+
+    if license_expression_spdx := detection_data.get("license_expression_spdx"):
+        from licensedcode.cache import get_licensing
+        licensing = get_licensing()
+        try:
+            parsed = licensing.parse(license_expression_spdx, simple=True)
+            if parsed:
+                normalized_keys = [
+                    scancode.normalize_spdx_identifier(key)
+                    for key in parsed.keys()
+                ]
+                expression_parts = license_expression_spdx.split()
+                for i, part in enumerate(expression_parts):
+                    if part in parsed.keys():
+                        idx = list(parsed.keys()).index(part)
+                        expression_parts[i] = normalized_keys[idx]
+                detection_data["license_expression_spdx"] = " ".join(expression_parts)
+        except Exception:
+            detection_data["license_expression_spdx"] = scancode.normalize_spdx_identifier(
+                license_expression_spdx
+            )
+
     return detection_data
 
 
diff --git a/scanpipe/pipes/scancode.py b/scanpipe/pipes/scancode.py
index cd496cd793..ae0fb90a01 100644
--- a/scanpipe/pipes/scancode.py
+++ b/scanpipe/pipes/scancode.py
@@ -111,6 +111,15 @@ def get_max_workers(keep_available):
     return max_workers
 
 
+def normalize_spdx_identifier(license_key):
+    SPDX_MAPPINGS = {
+        "GPL-2.0": "GPL-2.0-only",
+        "GPL-3.0": "GPL-3.0-only",
+        "LGPL-2.1": "LGPL-2.1-only"
+    }
+    return SPDX_MAPPINGS.get(license_key, license_key)
+
+
 def extract_archive(location, target):
     """
     Extract a single archive or compressed file at `location` to the `target`
diff --git a/scanpipe/tests/test_license_improvements.py b/scanpipe/tests/test_license_improvements.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83ad41add1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scanpipe/tests/test_license_improvements.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+from scanpipe.pipes.scancode import normalize_spdx_identifier
+
+
+class TestLicenseImprovements(TestCase):
+    
+    def test_normalize_gpl_2(self):
+        result = normalize_spdx_identifier("GPL-2.0")
+        self.assertEqual(result, "GPL-2.0-only")
+
+    def test_normalize_gpl_3(self):
+        result = normalize_spdx_identifier("GPL-3.0")
+        self.assertEqual(result, "GPL-3.0-only")
+
+    def test_normalize_lgpl_21(self):
+        result = normalize_spdx_identifier("LGPL-2.1")
+        self.assertEqual(result, "LGPL-2.1-only")
+
+    def test_normalize_pass_through(self):
+        result = normalize_spdx_identifier("MIT")
+        self.assertEqual(result, "MIT")