diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 087312226..c710fc403 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 <!ENTITY releasedate     "December 27, 2018">
 
-<!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2018"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
+<!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2019"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "8.4">
 
 <!ENTITY lfs-root        "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/">