diff --git a/docs/act_manual.sgml b/docs/act_manual.sgml
index 9dbe2b95ffa9b6d9c915d8c99ed0fa5c1e56f2c6..44a75f31aa46a295f534fe767ba917e48cf17daf 100644
--- a/docs/act_manual.sgml
+++ b/docs/act_manual.sgml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     </PRODUCTNAME>
     <PUBDATE>16 May 2000</PUBDATE>
     <COPYRIGHT>
-      <YEAR>2000-2014</YEAR>
+      <YEAR>2000-2016</YEAR>
       <HOLDER>Genome Research Limited</HOLDER>
     </COPYRIGHT>
     <LEGALNOTICE>
diff --git a/docs/manual.sgml b/docs/manual.sgml
index 1e1f57c36eab1ab7411075678b05e32603bc178c..e356eb7ca9d836e020748496563a9841957d91e0 100644
--- a/docs/manual.sgml
+++ b/docs/manual.sgml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     </PRODUCTNAME>
     <PUBDATE>22 February 1999</PUBDATE>
     <COPYRIGHT>
-      <YEAR>1999-2014</YEAR>
+      <YEAR>1999-2016</YEAR>
       <HOLDER>Genome Research Limited</HOLDER>
     </COPYRIGHT>
     <LEGALNOTICE>
diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/Splash.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/Splash.java
index 34a6d38f5083c4ae3b61e23a69c495f0aedd257e..7655608704b0417d22294b7dd902a407792d8586 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/Splash.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/Splash.java
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ abstract public class Splash extends JFrame
         g.drawString(geneticCode,
                      left_margin, yPos+(font_height * 3));
 
-        g.drawString("Copyright 1998 - 2014",
+        g.drawString("Copyright 1998 - 2016",
                      left_margin, yPos+(font_height * 9 / 2));
         g.drawString("Genome Research Limited",
                      left_margin, yPos+(font_height * 11 / 2));