diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
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--- a/NOTICE
+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Copyright 2021 OpenSearch contributors.
+Copyright OpenSearch contributors.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b38bd17..175730e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -294,4 +294,4 @@ This project is licensed under the Apache-2.0 License.
 
 ## Copyright
 
-Copyright 2021 OpenSearch contributors.
+Copyright OpenSearch contributors.