diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index f6371f259..630dc3a84 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright 2011-17 Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
+Copyright 2011-18 Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
 
 DAMASK is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by