diff --git a/compiler/options.nim b/compiler/options.nim
index 9e957332fa..5cfe581193 100644
--- a/compiler/options.nim
+++ b/compiler/options.nim
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const
   useEffectSystem* = true
   useWriteTracking* = false
   hasFFI* = defined(nimHasLibFFI)
-  copyrightYear* = "2021"
+  copyrightYear* = "2022"
 
   nimEnableCovariance* = defined(nimEnableCovariance)
 
diff --git a/copying.txt b/copying.txt
index a498a95253..60b6a02170 100644
--- a/copying.txt
+++ b/copying.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 =====================================================
 Nim -- a Compiler for Nim. https://nim-lang.org/
 
-Copyright (C) 2006-2021 Andreas Rumpf. All rights reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2006-2022 Andreas Rumpf. All rights reserved.
 
 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/readme.md b/readme.md
index 7d45556db9..6bc7a23850 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Nim. You are explicitly permitted to develop commercial applications using Nim.
 
 Please read the [copying.txt](copying.txt) file for more details.
 
-Copyright © 2006-2021 Andreas Rumpf, all rights reserved.
+Copyright © 2006-2022 Andreas Rumpf, all rights reserved.
 
 [nim-site]: https://nim-lang.org
 [nim-forum]: https://forum.nim-lang.org