diff --git a/README b/README
index 4a58704f15..cfda78b9fc 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Toomey, Stephen Tu, Pablo Ventura, Xi Wang, Keiichi Watanabe, Nicolas Wolovick,
 Grant Wu, Jindong Zhang, Icenowy Zheng, and Zou Chang Wei.
 
 The code in the files that constitute xv6 is
-Copyright 2006-2016 Frans Kaashoek, Robert Morris, and Russ Cox.
+Copyright 2006-2018 Frans Kaashoek, Robert Morris, and Russ Cox.
 
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