diff --git a/.changes/fix-tauri-build-license-field.md b/.changes/fix-tauri-build-license-field.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48e9d4374
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/fix-tauri-build-license-field.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"tauri-utils": patch:bug
+---
+
+Fix compile error when `tauri.conf.json` had `bundle > license` set.
diff --git a/core/tauri-utils/src/config.rs b/core/tauri-utils/src/config.rs
index b88374085..452b54943 100644
--- a/core/tauri-utils/src/config.rs
+++ b/core/tauri-utils/src/config.rs
@@ -2300,7 +2300,7 @@ mod build {
       let long_description = quote!(None);
       let external_bin = opt_vec_lit(self.external_bin.as_ref(), str_lit);
       let windows = &self.windows;
-      let license = opt_lit(self.license.as_ref());
+      let license = opt_str_lit(self.license.as_ref());
       let license_file = opt_lit(self.license_file.as_ref().map(path_buf_lit).as_ref());
       let linux = quote!(Default::default());
       let macos = quote!(Default::default());