diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a9e68dc1aa..50b9ace038 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ set(PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "2")
 set(PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "0") # number of patch release (e.g. "4" for the 0.18.4 release)
 set(PACKAGE_VERSION_SUFFIX "dev") # either "dev" for development snapshot or "" (empty string)
 set(PACKAGE_BUILD_VERSION "0") # used when the same FreeCAD version will be re-released (for example using an updated LibPack)
+string(TIMESTAMP PACKAGE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR "%Y")
 
 set(PACKAGE_VERSION "${PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR}.${PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH}")
 set(PACKAGE_STRING "${PROJECT_NAME} ${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
diff --git a/src/Build/Version.h.cmake b/src/Build/Version.h.cmake
index eda5cec5ef..00b8a36455 100644
--- a/src/Build/Version.h.cmake
+++ b/src/Build/Version.h.cmake
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #define FCVersionName   "${PACKAGE_VERSION_NAME}"
 #define FCVersionPoint  "${PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH}"
 #define FCVersionSuffix "${PACKAGE_VERSION_SUFFIX}"
+// Displayed Copyright Year (i.e. build year)
+#define FCCopyrightYear ${PACKAGE_COPYRIGHT_YEAR}
 // test: $Format:Hash (%H), Date: %ci$
 #define FCRevision      "${PACKAGE_WCREF}"      //Highest committed revision number
 #define FCRevisionDate  "${PACKAGE_WCDATE}"     //Date of highest committed revision
diff --git a/src/Main/FreeCADGuiPy.cpp b/src/Main/FreeCADGuiPy.cpp
index 257a84356e..583ac6722b 100644
--- a/src/Main/FreeCADGuiPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/FreeCADGuiPy.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 # include <config.h>
 #endif  // HAVE_CONFIG_H
 
+#include <Build/Version.h>  // For FCCopyrightYear
+
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 # pragma warning(disable : 4005)
 #endif
@@ -338,7 +340,7 @@ PyMOD_INIT_FUNC(FreeCADGui)
         Base::Interpreter().loadModule("FreeCAD");
         App::Application::Config()["AppIcon"] = "freecad";
         App::Application::Config()["SplashScreen"] = "freecadsplash";
-        App::Application::Config()["CopyrightInfo"] = "\xc2\xa9 Juergen Riegel, Werner Mayer, Yorik van Havre and others 2001-2026\n";
+        App::Application::Config()["CopyrightInfo"] = fmt::format("\xc2\xa9 Juergen Riegel, Werner Mayer, Yorik van Havre and others 2001-{}\n", FCCopyrightYear);
         App::Application::Config()["LicenseInfo"] = "FreeCAD is free and open-source software licensed under the terms of LGPL2+ license.\n";
         App::Application::Config()["CreditsInfo"] = "FreeCAD would not be possible without the FreeCAD community.\n";
         // clang-format on
diff --git a/src/Main/MainCmd.cpp b/src/Main/MainCmd.cpp
index 88ff837561..faab6db67a 100644
--- a/src/Main/MainCmd.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/MainCmd.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 # include <config.h>
 #endif  // HAVE_CONFIG_H
 
+#include <Build/Version.h>  // For FCCopyrightYear
+
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <ostream>
 #include <QString>
@@ -44,9 +46,11 @@
 using App::Application;
 using Base::Console;
 
-const char sBanner[]
-    = "(C) 2001-2026 FreeCAD contributors\n"
-      "FreeCAD is free and open-source software licensed under the terms of LGPL2+ license.\n\n";
+const auto sBanner = fmt::format(
+    "(C) 2001-{} FreeCAD contributors\n"
+    "FreeCAD is free and open-source software licensed under the terms of LGPL2+ license.\n\n",
+    FCCopyrightYear
+);
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
diff --git a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
index cec9ed4569..16a2617273 100644
--- a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 # include <config.h>
 #endif  // HAVE_CONFIG_H
 
+#include <Build/Version.h>  // For FCCopyrightYear
+
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <map>
 #include <stdexcept>
@@ -52,9 +54,11 @@
 
 void PrintInitHelp();
 
-const char sBanner[]
-    = "(C) 2001-2026 FreeCAD contributors\n"
-      "FreeCAD is free and open-source software licensed under the terms of LGPL2+ license.\n\n";
+const auto sBanner = fmt::format(
+    "(C) 2001-{} FreeCAD contributors\n"
+    "FreeCAD is free and open-source software licensed under the terms of LGPL2+ license.\n\n",
+    FCCopyrightYear
+);
 
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
 void InitMiniDumpWriter(const std::string&);