diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index fe8027343..5e261ef01 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #
 import os
 import sys
+from datetime import datetime
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import dask.dataframe
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@
 # -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
 
 project = "sgkit"
-copyright = "2020, sgkit developers"
+copyright = "2020--{}, sgkit developers".format(datetime.utcnow().year)
 author = "sgkit developers"