diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index 9ff4b420e..89e754a18 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 <!ENTITY generic-versiond "systemd"> 
 
 <!ENTITY releasedate     "December 21, 2016">
-<!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2016"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
+<!ENTITY copyrightdate   "1999-2017"><!-- jhalfs needs a literal dash, not &ndash; -->
 <!ENTITY milestone       "7.11">
 
 <!ENTITY lfs-root        "http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/">