diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a407ede3..df067299 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3367,7 +3367,7 @@ License
 -------
 
 This software is licensed under the [GPL v3 license][gpl].
-© 2015-2017 YouCompleteMe contributors
+© 2015-2018 YouCompleteMe contributors
 
 [ycmd]: https://github.com/Valloric/ycmd
 [Clang]: http://clang.llvm.org/
diff --git a/doc/youcompleteme.txt b/doc/youcompleteme.txt
index 29fb5694..49737205 100644
--- a/doc/youcompleteme.txt
+++ b/doc/youcompleteme.txt
@@ -3671,7 +3671,7 @@ YouCompleteMe maintainers directly using the contact details below.
                                                         *youcompleteme-license*
 License ~
 
-This software is licensed under the GPL v3 license [87]. © 2015-2017
+This software is licensed under the GPL v3 license [87]. © 2015-2018
 YouCompleteMe contributors
 
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