diff --git a/src/init.coffee b/src/init.coffee
index 31a1a6a56..e263ab8c7 100644
--- a/src/init.coffee
+++ b/src/init.coffee
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ class Init extends Command
         contents = fs.readFileSync(templateChildPath).toString()
         contents = @replacePackageNamePlaceholders(contents, packageName)
         contents = @replacePackageAuthorPlaceholders(contents, packageAuthor)
+        contents = @replaceCurrentYearPlaceholders(contents)
         fs.writeFileSync(sourcePath, contents)
 
   replacePackageAuthorPlaceholders: (string, packageAuthor) ->
@@ -152,6 +153,9 @@ class Init extends Command
       else if underscore
         @underscore(packageName)
 
+  replaceCurrentYearPlaceholders: (string) ->
+    string.replace '__current_year__', new Date().getFullYear()
+
   getTemplatePath: (argv, templateType) ->
     if argv.template?
       path.resolve(argv.template)
diff --git a/templates/language/LICENSE.md b/templates/language/LICENSE.md
index 5f3f53758..d7dd6a89e 100644
--- a/templates/language/LICENSE.md
+++ b/templates/language/LICENSE.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2016 <Your name here>
+Copyright (c) __current_year__ <Your name here>
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
 a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
diff --git a/templates/package-coffeescript/LICENSE.md b/templates/package-coffeescript/LICENSE.md
index 5f3f53758..d7dd6a89e 100644
--- a/templates/package-coffeescript/LICENSE.md
+++ b/templates/package-coffeescript/LICENSE.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2016 <Your name here>
+Copyright (c) __current_year__ <Your name here>
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
 a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
diff --git a/templates/package-javascript/LICENSE.md b/templates/package-javascript/LICENSE.md
index 5f3f53758..d7dd6a89e 100644
--- a/templates/package-javascript/LICENSE.md
+++ b/templates/package-javascript/LICENSE.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2016 <Your name here>
+Copyright (c) __current_year__ <Your name here>
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
 a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
diff --git a/templates/theme/LICENSE.md b/templates/theme/LICENSE.md
index 5f3f53758..d7dd6a89e 100644
--- a/templates/theme/LICENSE.md
+++ b/templates/theme/LICENSE.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2016 <Your name here>
+Copyright (c) __current_year__ <Your name here>
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
 a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the