diff --git a/_includes/footer.html b/_includes/footer.html
index 8e91721a64b82e58f7614877192c97f7b9ca1637..719e73048d210e65e47d54f6c56673523f186114 100644
--- a/_includes/footer.html
+++ b/_includes/footer.html
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   </div>
   <div class="footer-copyright">
     <div class="container">
-      &copy; 2017 The KWARC Group
+      &copy; {{ site.time | date: '%Y' }} The KWARC Group
       <span class="right">
         <a href="mailto:{{ site.author.email }}" title="E-Mail" class="black-text">
           <i class="fa fa-envelope" aria-hidden="true"></i> Contact E-Mail