diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 5285148b5d6b..149021828e90 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dnl Autoconf settings for vlc
 
-AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright 1999-2024 VLC authors and VideoLAN])
+AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright 1999-2025 VLC authors and VideoLAN])
 
 AC_INIT([vlc], [4.0.0-dev])
 VERSION_MAJOR=4
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ AC_SUBST([PKGDIR])
 
 CONFIGURE_LINE="`echo "$0 $ac_configure_args" | sed -e 's/\\\/\\\\\\\/g'`"
 CODENAME="Otto Chriek"
-COPYRIGHT_YEARS="1996-2024"
+COPYRIGHT_YEARS="1996-2025"
 
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/libvlc.c])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([autotools])
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index afa350c00d84..ea215885a7e2 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ CHANGELOGS = \
 	ChangeLog-2022 \
 	ChangeLog-2023 \
 	ChangeLog-2024 \
+	ChangeLog-2025 \
 	$(NULL)
 
 man1_MANS = \
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e6cab66d7906..f5821a6e4df3 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project('VLC', ['c', 'cpp'],
     default_options: ['c_std=gnu17', 'cpp_std=c++17'],
     meson_version: '>=1.1.0')
 
-vlc_copyright_years = '1996-2024'
+vlc_copyright_years = '1996-2025'
 vlc_version_codename = 'Otto Chriek'
 
 # LibVLC library (ABI) version