diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 9959792..c575668 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 - Fix STAC API Query Extension operator names from ne->neq, le->lte, and ge->gte (#120, @philvarner)
 - Better **datetime** parsing/validation by using Pydantic native types and remove `ciso8601` requirement (#131, @eseglem)
 - move datetime validation in `StacCommonMetadata` model definition (#131, @eseglem)
+- add `license` in `StacCommonMetadata` model (#147, @vincentsarago)
 
 3.0.0 (2024-01-25)
 ------------------
diff --git a/stac_pydantic/shared.py b/stac_pydantic/shared.py
index 126379b..491fbd0 100644
--- a/stac_pydantic/shared.py
+++ b/stac_pydantic/shared.py
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@ class StacCommonMetadata(StacBaseModel):
     # Date and Time Range
     start_datetime: Optional[UtcDatetime] = None
     end_datetime: Optional[UtcDatetime] = None
+    # Licensing
+    license: Optional[str] = None
     # Provider
     providers: Optional[List[Provider]] = None
     # Instrument