diff --git a/zenmap/install_scripts/utils/version_update.py b/zenmap/install_scripts/utils/version_update.py
index 527ca9620..326b89439 100644
--- a/zenmap/install_scripts/utils/version_update.py
+++ b/zenmap/install_scripts/utils/version_update.py
@@ -133,9 +133,27 @@
 
 import os
 import sys
+import re
+from datetime import datetime
 
 VERSION = os.path.join("share", "zenmap", "config", "zenmap_version")
 VERSION_PY = os.path.join("zenmapCore", "Version.py")
+NAME_PY = os.path.join("zenmapCore", "Name.py")
+
+
+def update_date(base_dir):
+    name_file = os.path.join(base_dir, NAME_PY)
+    print ">>> Updating %s" % name_file
+    nf = open(name_file, "r")
+    ncontent = nf.read()
+    nf.close()
+    ncontent = re.sub(r'APP_COPYRIGHT *= *"Copyright 2005-....',
+            'APP_COPYRIGHT = "Copyright 2005-%d' % (datetime.today().year),
+            ncontent)
+    # Write the modified file.
+    nf = open(name_file, "w")
+    nf.write(ncontent)
+    nf.close()
 
 
 def update_version(base_dir, version):
@@ -157,3 +175,4 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     version = sys.argv[1]
     print ">>> Updating version number to \"%s\"" % version
     update_version(".", version)
+    update_date(".")
diff --git a/zenmap/zenmapCore/Name.py b/zenmap/zenmapCore/Name.py
index 15ecb256f..fe52d8867 100644
--- a/zenmap/zenmapCore/Name.py
+++ b/zenmap/zenmapCore/Name.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ APP_DISPLAY_NAME = "Zenmap"
 APP_WEB_SITE = "https://nmap.org/zenmap"
 APP_DOWNLOAD_SITE = "https://nmap.org/download.html"
 APP_DOCUMENTATION_SITE = "https://nmap.org/docs.html"
-APP_COPYRIGHT = "Copyright 2005-2016 Insecure.Com LLC"
+APP_COPYRIGHT = "Copyright 2005-2018 Insecure.Com LLC"
 
 NMAP_DISPLAY_NAME = u"Nmap"
 NMAP_WEB_SITE = "https://nmap.org"