diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index f62ddd4725e2..8fc43cf93532 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2009-2025 The Bitcoin Core developers
-Copyright (c) 2009-2025 Bitcoin Developers
-Copyright (c) 2014-2025 The Dash Core developers
+Copyright (c) 2009-2026 The Bitcoin Core developers
+Copyright (c) 2009-2026 Bitcoin Developers
+Copyright (c) 2014-2026 The Dash Core developers
 
 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/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3798c0222614..a7fed24bfdbe 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, 23)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 2)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, false)
-define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2025)
+define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2026)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS,[The %s developers])
 define(_COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_SUBSTITUTION,[[Dash Core]])
 AC_INIT([Dash Core],m4_join([.], _CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR, _CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, _CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD),[https://github.com/dashpay/dash/issues],[dashcore],[https://dash.org/])
diff --git a/contrib/debian/copyright b/contrib/debian/copyright
index af24c9c258e5..04004a8f11e6 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/copyright
+++ b/contrib/debian/copyright
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Upstream-Contact: Dash Core Group, Inc https://www.dash.org/dcg/
 Source: https://github.com/dashpay/dash
 
 Files: *
-Copyright: 2009-2025, Bitcoin Core Developers,
-           2019-2025, Dash Core Developers
+Copyright: 2009-2026, Bitcoin Core Developers,
+           2019-2026, Dash Core Developers
 License: Expat
 Comment: The Bitcoin Core Developers encompasses all contributors to the
          project, listed in the release notes or the git log. The Dash Core