diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
index 634a58b0410..1ed64161d55 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1225,6 +1225,9 @@ 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 fb1f3154c35..2309b22d1f5 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -268,6 +268,10 @@ 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 5a3a309853e..30fe1c7b19c 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
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 
 <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 433c75f9db6..6e35b58756c 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
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
       <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 7893a179bdc..9dbff5d1a3d 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 ce51d61fb7a..e7035420865 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>