diff --git a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/Splash.java b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/Splash.java
index 9e6722a9766fe584b1318cc0a2891141273bcc2c..a0472855fae8338f3d8c8b1c729524632cff2874 100644
--- a/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/Splash.java
+++ b/uk/ac/sanger/artemis/components/Splash.java
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ abstract public class Splash extends JFrame
         g.drawString(geneticCode,
                      left_margin, yPos+(font_height * 3));
 
-        g.drawString("Copyright 1998 - 2009",
+        g.drawString("Copyright 1998 - 2010",
                      left_margin, yPos+(font_height * 9 / 2));
         g.drawString("Genome Research Limited",
                      left_margin, yPos+(font_height * 11 / 2));