diff --git a/license.txt b/license.txt
index 5a605dac3b..c2df00a661 100644
--- a/license.txt
+++ b/license.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 WordPress - Web publishing software
 
-Copyright 2011-2017 by the contributors
+Copyright 2011-2018 by the contributors
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by