diff --git a/lib/utils/sbom-cyclonedx.js b/lib/utils/sbom-cyclonedx.js
index 0cd170fbbcbee..f8283397989d5 100644
--- a/lib/utils/sbom-cyclonedx.js
+++ b/lib/utils/sbom-cyclonedx.js
@@ -84,15 +84,20 @@ const toCyclonedxItem = (node, { packageType }) => {
     node.package = toNormalize.content
   }
 
-  let parsedLicense
-  try {
-    let license = node.package?.license
-    if (license) {
-      if (typeof license === 'object') {
-        license = license.type
-      }
+  let license = node.package?.license
+  if (license) {
+    if (typeof license === 'object') {
+      license = license.type
     }
+  } else if (Array.isArray(node.package?.licenses)) {
+    license = node.package.licenses
+      .map(l => (typeof l === 'object' ? l.type : l))
+      .filter(Boolean)
+      .join(' OR ')
+  }
 
+  let parsedLicense
+  try {
     parsedLicense = parseLicense(license)
   } catch {
     parsedLicense = null
@@ -158,7 +163,7 @@ const toCyclonedxItem = (node, { packageType }) => {
     component.licenses = [{ license: { id: parsedLicense.license } }]
     // If license is a conjunction, use the expression field
   } else if (parsedLicense?.conjunction) {
-    component.licenses = [{ expression: node.package.license }]
+    component.licenses = [{ expression: license }]
   }
 
   return component
diff --git a/lib/utils/sbom-spdx.js b/lib/utils/sbom-spdx.js
index 074a6f57f98bf..38824f263681d 100644
--- a/lib/utils/sbom-spdx.js
+++ b/lib/utils/sbom-spdx.js
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ const toSpdxItem = (node, { packageType }) => {
     if (typeof license === 'object') {
       license = license.type
     }
+  } else if (Array.isArray(node.package?.licenses)) {
+    license = node.package.licenses
+      .map(l => (typeof l === 'object' ? l.type : l))
+      .filter(Boolean)
+      .join(' OR ')
   }
 
   const pkg = {
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/sbom-cyclonedx.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/sbom-cyclonedx.js.test.cjs
index 2f0af32f7f501..8bc81cc4f69c1 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/sbom-cyclonedx.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/sbom-cyclonedx.js.test.cjs
@@ -833,6 +833,154 @@ exports[`test/lib/utils/sbom-cyclonedx.js TAP single node - with issue tracker >
 }
 `
 
+exports[`test/lib/utils/sbom-cyclonedx.js TAP single node - with legacy licenses array (multiple) > must match snapshot 1`] = `
+{
+  "$schema": "http://cyclonedx.org/schema/bom-1.5.schema.json",
+  "bomFormat": "CycloneDX",
+  "specVersion": "1.5",
+  "serialNumber": "urn:uuid:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+  "version": 1,
+  "metadata": {
+    "timestamp": "2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+    "lifecycles": [
+      {
+        "phase": "build"
+      }
+    ],
+    "tools": [
+      {
+        "vendor": "npm",
+        "name": "cli",
+        "version": "10.0.0 "
+      }
+    ],
+    "component": {
+      "bom-ref": "root@1.0.0",
+      "type": "library",
+      "name": "root",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "scope": "required",
+      "author": "Author",
+      "purl": "pkg:npm/root@1.0.0",
+      "properties": [],
+      "externalReferences": [],
+      "licenses": [
+        {
+          "expression": "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "components": [],
+  "dependencies": [
+    {
+      "ref": "root@1.0.0",
+      "dependsOn": []
+    }
+  ]
+}
+`
+
+exports[`test/lib/utils/sbom-cyclonedx.js TAP single node - with legacy licenses array (single) > must match snapshot 1`] = `
+{
+  "$schema": "http://cyclonedx.org/schema/bom-1.5.schema.json",
+  "bomFormat": "CycloneDX",
+  "specVersion": "1.5",
+  "serialNumber": "urn:uuid:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+  "version": 1,
+  "metadata": {
+    "timestamp": "2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+    "lifecycles": [
+      {
+        "phase": "build"
+      }
+    ],
+    "tools": [
+      {
+        "vendor": "npm",
+        "name": "cli",
+        "version": "10.0.0 "
+      }
+    ],
+    "component": {
+      "bom-ref": "root@1.0.0",
+      "type": "library",
+      "name": "root",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "scope": "required",
+      "author": "Author",
+      "purl": "pkg:npm/root@1.0.0",
+      "properties": [],
+      "externalReferences": [],
+      "licenses": [
+        {
+          "license": {
+            "id": "MIT"
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "components": [],
+  "dependencies": [
+    {
+      "ref": "root@1.0.0",
+      "dependsOn": []
+    }
+  ]
+}
+`
+
+exports[`test/lib/utils/sbom-cyclonedx.js TAP single node - with legacy licenses array (string entries) > must match snapshot 1`] = `
+{
+  "$schema": "http://cyclonedx.org/schema/bom-1.5.schema.json",
+  "bomFormat": "CycloneDX",
+  "specVersion": "1.5",
+  "serialNumber": "urn:uuid:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+  "version": 1,
+  "metadata": {
+    "timestamp": "2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+    "lifecycles": [
+      {
+        "phase": "build"
+      }
+    ],
+    "tools": [
+      {
+        "vendor": "npm",
+        "name": "cli",
+        "version": "10.0.0 "
+      }
+    ],
+    "component": {
+      "bom-ref": "root@1.0.0",
+      "type": "library",
+      "name": "root",
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "scope": "required",
+      "author": "Author",
+      "purl": "pkg:npm/root@1.0.0",
+      "properties": [],
+      "externalReferences": [],
+      "licenses": [
+        {
+          "license": {
+            "id": "MIT"
+          }
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "components": [],
+  "dependencies": [
+    {
+      "ref": "root@1.0.0",
+      "dependsOn": []
+    }
+  ]
+}
+`
+
 exports[`test/lib/utils/sbom-cyclonedx.js TAP single node - with license expression > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 {
   "$schema": "http://cyclonedx.org/schema/bom-1.5.schema.json",
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/sbom-spdx.js.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/sbom-spdx.js.test.cjs
index 3583c0bc83577..26931d78124a7 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/sbom-spdx.js.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/lib/utils/sbom-spdx.js.test.cjs
@@ -594,6 +594,141 @@ exports[`test/lib/utils/sbom-spdx.js TAP single node - with integrity > must mat
 }
 `
 
+exports[`test/lib/utils/sbom-spdx.js TAP single node - with legacy licenses array (multiple) > must match snapshot 1`] = `
+{
+  "spdxVersion": "SPDX-2.3",
+  "dataLicense": "CC0-1.0",
+  "SPDXID": "SPDXRef-DOCUMENT",
+  "name": "root@1.0.0",
+  "documentNamespace": "docns",
+  "creationInfo": {
+    "created": "2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+    "creators": [
+      "Tool: npm/cli-10.0.0 "
+    ]
+  },
+  "documentDescribes": [
+    "SPDXRef-Package-root-1.0.0"
+  ],
+  "packages": [
+    {
+      "name": "root",
+      "SPDXID": "SPDXRef-Package-root-1.0.0",
+      "versionInfo": "1.0.0",
+      "packageFileName": "",
+      "downloadLocation": "NOASSERTION",
+      "filesAnalyzed": false,
+      "homepage": "NOASSERTION",
+      "licenseDeclared": "MIT OR Apache-2.0",
+      "externalRefs": [
+        {
+          "referenceCategory": "PACKAGE-MANAGER",
+          "referenceType": "purl",
+          "referenceLocator": "pkg:npm/root@1.0.0"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "relationships": [
+    {
+      "spdxElementId": "SPDXRef-DOCUMENT",
+      "relatedSpdxElement": "SPDXRef-Package-root-1.0.0",
+      "relationshipType": "DESCRIBES"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+`
+
+exports[`test/lib/utils/sbom-spdx.js TAP single node - with legacy licenses array (single) > must match snapshot 1`] = `
+{
+  "spdxVersion": "SPDX-2.3",
+  "dataLicense": "CC0-1.0",
+  "SPDXID": "SPDXRef-DOCUMENT",
+  "name": "root@1.0.0",
+  "documentNamespace": "docns",
+  "creationInfo": {
+    "created": "2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+    "creators": [
+      "Tool: npm/cli-10.0.0 "
+    ]
+  },
+  "documentDescribes": [
+    "SPDXRef-Package-root-1.0.0"
+  ],
+  "packages": [
+    {
+      "name": "root",
+      "SPDXID": "SPDXRef-Package-root-1.0.0",
+      "versionInfo": "1.0.0",
+      "packageFileName": "",
+      "downloadLocation": "NOASSERTION",
+      "filesAnalyzed": false,
+      "homepage": "NOASSERTION",
+      "licenseDeclared": "MIT",
+      "externalRefs": [
+        {
+          "referenceCategory": "PACKAGE-MANAGER",
+          "referenceType": "purl",
+          "referenceLocator": "pkg:npm/root@1.0.0"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "relationships": [
+    {
+      "spdxElementId": "SPDXRef-DOCUMENT",
+      "relatedSpdxElement": "SPDXRef-Package-root-1.0.0",
+      "relationshipType": "DESCRIBES"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+`
+
+exports[`test/lib/utils/sbom-spdx.js TAP single node - with legacy licenses array (string entries) > must match snapshot 1`] = `
+{
+  "spdxVersion": "SPDX-2.3",
+  "dataLicense": "CC0-1.0",
+  "SPDXID": "SPDXRef-DOCUMENT",
+  "name": "root@1.0.0",
+  "documentNamespace": "docns",
+  "creationInfo": {
+    "created": "2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+    "creators": [
+      "Tool: npm/cli-10.0.0 "
+    ]
+  },
+  "documentDescribes": [
+    "SPDXRef-Package-root-1.0.0"
+  ],
+  "packages": [
+    {
+      "name": "root",
+      "SPDXID": "SPDXRef-Package-root-1.0.0",
+      "versionInfo": "1.0.0",
+      "packageFileName": "",
+      "downloadLocation": "NOASSERTION",
+      "filesAnalyzed": false,
+      "homepage": "NOASSERTION",
+      "licenseDeclared": "MIT",
+      "externalRefs": [
+        {
+          "referenceCategory": "PACKAGE-MANAGER",
+          "referenceType": "purl",
+          "referenceLocator": "pkg:npm/root@1.0.0"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "relationships": [
+    {
+      "spdxElementId": "SPDXRef-DOCUMENT",
+      "relatedSpdxElement": "SPDXRef-Package-root-1.0.0",
+      "relationshipType": "DESCRIBES"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+`
+
 exports[`test/lib/utils/sbom-spdx.js TAP single node - with license expression > must match snapshot 1`] = `
 {
   "spdxVersion": "SPDX-2.3",
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/sbom-cyclonedx.js b/test/lib/utils/sbom-cyclonedx.js
index a40831c9fa05a..fc30130f1fae7 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/sbom-cyclonedx.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/sbom-cyclonedx.js
@@ -181,6 +181,53 @@ t.test('single node - with single license', t => {
   t.end()
 })
 
+t.test('single node - with legacy licenses array (single)', t => {
+  const pkg = {
+    ...rootPkg,
+    licenses: [
+      {
+        type: 'MIT',
+        url: 'http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php',
+      },
+    ],
+  }
+  const node = { ...root, package: pkg }
+  const res = cyclonedxOutput({ npm, nodes: [node] })
+  t.matchSnapshot(JSON.stringify(res))
+  t.end()
+})
+
+t.test('single node - with legacy licenses array (multiple)', t => {
+  const pkg = {
+    ...rootPkg,
+    licenses: [
+      {
+        type: 'MIT',
+        url: 'http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php',
+      },
+      {
+        type: 'Apache-2.0',
+        url: 'http://opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php',
+      },
+    ],
+  }
+  const node = { ...root, package: pkg }
+  const res = cyclonedxOutput({ npm, nodes: [node] })
+  t.matchSnapshot(JSON.stringify(res))
+  t.end()
+})
+
+t.test('single node - with legacy licenses array (string entries)', t => {
+  const pkg = {
+    ...rootPkg,
+    licenses: ['MIT'],
+  }
+  const node = { ...root, package: pkg }
+  const res = cyclonedxOutput({ npm, nodes: [node] })
+  t.matchSnapshot(JSON.stringify(res))
+  t.end()
+})
+
 t.test('single node - with license expression', t => {
   const pkg = { ...rootPkg, license: '(MIT OR Apache-2.0)' }
   const node = { ...root, package: pkg }
diff --git a/test/lib/utils/sbom-spdx.js b/test/lib/utils/sbom-spdx.js
index 68b102854315e..cdeb68218ee33 100644
--- a/test/lib/utils/sbom-spdx.js
+++ b/test/lib/utils/sbom-spdx.js
@@ -131,6 +131,53 @@ t.test('single node - with license object', t => {
   t.end()
 })
 
+t.test('single node - with legacy licenses array (single)', t => {
+  const pkg = {
+    ...rootPkg,
+    licenses: [
+      {
+        type: 'MIT',
+        url: 'http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php',
+      },
+    ],
+  }
+  const node = { ...root, package: pkg }
+  const res = spdxOutput({ npm, nodes: [node] })
+  t.matchSnapshot(JSON.stringify(res))
+  t.end()
+})
+
+t.test('single node - with legacy licenses array (multiple)', t => {
+  const pkg = {
+    ...rootPkg,
+    licenses: [
+      {
+        type: 'MIT',
+        url: 'http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php',
+      },
+      {
+        type: 'Apache-2.0',
+        url: 'http://opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php',
+      },
+    ],
+  }
+  const node = { ...root, package: pkg }
+  const res = spdxOutput({ npm, nodes: [node] })
+  t.matchSnapshot(JSON.stringify(res))
+  t.end()
+})
+
+t.test('single node - with legacy licenses array (string entries)', t => {
+  const pkg = {
+    ...rootPkg,
+    licenses: ['MIT'],
+  }
+  const node = { ...root, package: pkg }
+  const res = spdxOutput({ npm, nodes: [node] })
+  t.matchSnapshot(JSON.stringify(res))
+  t.end()
+})
+
 t.test('single node - with license expression', t => {
   const pkg = { ...rootPkg, license: '(MIT OR Apache-2.0)' }
   const node = { ...root, package: pkg }