diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 5a1fc5f4df1..4be5b1246dd 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -2998,6 +2998,9 @@ Release 2.6.5 - UNRELEASED
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
 
+     HDFS-9629. Update the footer of Web UI to show year 2016
+     (Xiao Chen and Vinayakumar B via vinayakumarb)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
   BUG FIXES
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
index 9df5d10ba8c..2d7032f974c 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -277,6 +277,10 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
                     <exclude name="**/proto-web.xml"/>
                   </fileset>
                 </copy>
+                <replace dir="${project.build.directory}/webapps" value="${release-year}">
+                  <include name="**/*.html"/>
+                  <replacetoken>{release-year-token}</replacetoken>
+                </replace>
               </target>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/datanode/index.html b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/datanode/index.html
index aeb61c2f369..a88bc9be582 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/datanode/index.html
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/datanode/index.html
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 <div class="row">
   <hr />
-  <div class="col-xs-2"><p>Hadoop, 2015.</p></div>
+  <div class="col-xs-2"><p>Hadoop, {release-year-token}.</p></div>
 </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/dfshealth.html b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/dfshealth.html
index f513139282c..7ad38d784d4 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/dfshealth.html
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/dfshealth.html
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 
 <div class="row">
   <hr />
-  <div class="col-xs-2"><p>Hadoop, 2015.</p></div>
+  <div class="col-xs-2"><p>Hadoop, {release-year-token}.</p></div>
 </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/explorer.html b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/explorer.html
index 8bfc0c920fa..b68cac2e9f1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/explorer.html
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/hdfs/explorer.html
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@
 
       <div class="row">
         <hr />
-        <div class="col-xs-2"><p>Hadoop, 2015.</p></div>
+        <div class="col-xs-2"><p>Hadoop, {release-year-token}.</p></div>
       </div>
 
     </div>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/journal/index.html b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/journal/index.html
index 4d658c489c4..72ab2cc4bef 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/journal/index.html
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/journal/index.html
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 <div class="row">
   <hr />
-  <div class="col-xs-2"><p>Hadoop, 2015.</p></div>
+  <div class="col-xs-2"><p>Hadoop, {release-year-token}.</p></div>
 </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/secondary/status.html b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/secondary/status.html
index 72f3ff7e814..3db97dfb7b1 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/secondary/status.html
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/secondary/status.html
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
 <div class="row">
   <hr />
-  <div class="col-xs-2"><p>Hadoop, 2015.</p></div>
+  <div class="col-xs-2"><p>Hadoop, {release-year-token}.</p></div>
 </div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 50e6d2c6d1a..55b22562cbe 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <properties>
+    <!-- Set the Release year during release -->
+    <release-year>2016</release-year>
+
     <failIfNoTests>false</failIfNoTests>
     <maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>true</maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>
     <jetty.version>6.1.26</jetty.version>