diff --git a/bin/checkFile.awk b/bin/checkFile.awk
index b4c500bece..1f69a1e558 100644
--- a/bin/checkFile.awk
+++ b/bin/checkFile.awk
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ FNR < headerCount {
 /^\/\/ Copyright .* Pentaho/ && strict > 1 {
     # We assume that '--strict' is only invoked on files currently being
     # edited. Therefore we would expect the copyright to be current.
-    if ($0 !~ /-2015/) {
+    if ($0 !~ /-2016/) {
         error(fname, FNR, "copyright is not current");
     }
 }