diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3e4d68617..00ffd45bd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -110,3 +110,4 @@ nb-configuration.xml
 /.phpunit.*.cache
 
 /.php-cs-fixer.php
+/docs/assets/__pycache__/
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index ba4b519d5..9c79c150b 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
 Copyright (c) 2020-2022 Lonnie Ezell
-Copyright (c) 2022-2025 CodeIgniter Foundation
+Copyright (c) 2022-present CodeIgniter Foundation
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/docs/assets/hooks.py b/docs/assets/hooks.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41369b51d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/assets/hooks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from datetime import datetime
+
+def on_config(config, **kwargs):
+    config.copyright = config.copyright.format(year=datetime.now().year)
+    return config
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 6fde754ad..12a177683 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ extra:
 site_url: https://shield.codeigniter.com/
 repo_url: https://github.com/codeigniter4/shield
 edit_uri: edit/develop/docs/
-copyright: Copyright © 2023-2025 CodeIgniter Foundation.
+copyright: Copyright © 2022-{year} CodeIgniter Foundation.
+
+hooks:
+  - docs/assets/hooks.py
 
 markdown_extensions:
   - pymdownx.superfences