diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 461bc73100..c34f575b8c 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2009-2020 The Bitcoin Core developers
-Copyright (c) 2009-2020 Bitcoin Developers
+Copyright (c) 2009-2021 The Bitcoin Core developers
+Copyright (c) 2009-2021 Bitcoin Developers
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 97bb6d8bd2..15551eb1e7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 99)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_RC, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, false)
-define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2020)
+define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2021)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS,[The %s developers])
 define(_COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_SUBSTITUTION,[[Bitcoin Core]])
 AC_INIT([Bitcoin Core],m4_join([.], _CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, _CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, _CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD)m4_if(_CLIENT_VERSION_RC, [0], [], [rc]_CLIENT_VERSION_RC),[https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues],[bitcoin],[https://bitcoincore.org/])
diff --git a/contrib/debian/copyright b/contrib/debian/copyright
index 581fe712e9..a18c5bccc5 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/copyright
+++ b/contrib/debian/copyright
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Upstream-Contact: Satoshi Nakamoto <satoshin@gmx.com>
 Source: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin
 
 Files: *
-Copyright: 2009-2020, Bitcoin Core Developers
+Copyright: 2009-2021, Bitcoin Core Developers
 License: Expat
 Comment: The Bitcoin Core Developers encompasses the current developers listed on bitcoin.org,
          as well as the numerous contributors to the project.