diff --git a/annotation-error-decoder/pom.xml b/annotation-error-decoder/pom.xml
index 975d0dec..83f5b504 100644
--- a/annotation-error-decoder/pom.xml
+++ b/annotation-error-decoder/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/apt-test-generator/pom.xml b/apt-test-generator/pom.xml
index 7feb12f2..48a7bfc8 100644
--- a/apt-test-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/apt-test-generator/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/dropwizard-metrics5/pom.xml b/dropwizard-metrics5/pom.xml
index 48e8a296..7daa543c 100644
--- a/dropwizard-metrics5/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-metrics5/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/example-github/pom.xml b/example-github/pom.xml
index a917df10..6999b4f4 100644
--- a/example-github/pom.xml
+++ b/example-github/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/example-wikipedia/pom.xml b/example-wikipedia/pom.xml
index fa5e4346..60dcd665 100644
--- a/example-wikipedia/pom.xml
+++ b/example-wikipedia/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/googlehttpclient/pom.xml b/googlehttpclient/pom.xml
index 784ee69c..d02087c5 100644
--- a/googlehttpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/googlehttpclient/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/gson/pom.xml b/gson/pom.xml
index fe6d35dc..cd7ddfa5 100644
--- a/gson/pom.xml
+++ b/gson/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/hc5/pom.xml b/hc5/pom.xml
index db12899d..06f2d71d 100644
--- a/hc5/pom.xml
+++ b/hc5/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index 3b218b34..8ad438b1 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/hystrix/pom.xml b/hystrix/pom.xml
index a7819f9d..0dcdbadd 100644
--- a/hystrix/pom.xml
+++ b/hystrix/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/jackson-jaxb/pom.xml b/jackson-jaxb/pom.xml
index 611a0459..f36f3e2c 100644
--- a/jackson-jaxb/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-jaxb/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/jackson-jr/pom.xml b/jackson-jr/pom.xml
index cd6d31fc..f2e1b7ab 100644
--- a/jackson-jr/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson-jr/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/jackson/pom.xml b/jackson/pom.xml
index b299eb6f..f3e778ef 100644
--- a/jackson/pom.xml
+++ b/jackson/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/java11/pom.xml b/java11/pom.xml
index e0865a96..09a09e8d 100644
--- a/java11/pom.xml
+++ b/java11/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/jaxb/pom.xml b/jaxb/pom.xml
index 6badaeca..9d728631 100644
--- a/jaxb/pom.xml
+++ b/jaxb/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/jaxrs/pom.xml b/jaxrs/pom.xml
index 9b0b02f2..4986f4fe 100644
--- a/jaxrs/pom.xml
+++ b/jaxrs/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/jaxrs2/pom.xml b/jaxrs2/pom.xml
index dfdc7bbc..f67a708d 100644
--- a/jaxrs2/pom.xml
+++ b/jaxrs2/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/json/pom.xml b/json/pom.xml
index 480a50a3..d62c2acf 100644
--- a/json/pom.xml
+++ b/json/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/micrometer/pom.xml b/micrometer/pom.xml
index 0e5c58de..e188a421 100644
--- a/micrometer/pom.xml
+++ b/micrometer/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/mock/pom.xml b/mock/pom.xml
index 000c144f..e1db7111 100644
--- a/mock/pom.xml
+++ b/mock/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/ribbon/pom.xml b/ribbon/pom.xml
index 8721fce1..51613077 100644
--- a/ribbon/pom.xml
+++ b/ribbon/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/sax/pom.xml b/sax/pom.xml
index 285eb5a3..3a995053 100644
--- a/sax/pom.xml
+++ b/sax/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index e8291c32..64909a1f 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+# Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 # in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ echo "release version is: ${tag} and next snapshot is: ${snapshot}"
 
 # Update the versions, removing the snapshots, then create a new tag for the release, this will
 # start the travis-ci release process.
-./mvnw -B versions:set scm:checkin -DremoveSnapshot -DgenerateBackupPoms=false -Dmessage="prepare release ${tag}" -DpushChanges=false
+./mvnw -B versions:set license:format scm:checkin -DremoveSnapshot -DgenerateBackupPoms=false -Dmessage="prepare release ${tag}" -DpushChanges=false
 
 # tag the release
 echo "pushing tag ${tag}"
diff --git a/slf4j/pom.xml b/slf4j/pom.xml
index 18395911..4bd01d52 100644
--- a/slf4j/pom.xml
+++ b/slf4j/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/soap/pom.xml b/soap/pom.xml
index 23cdc419..9390b706 100644
--- a/soap/pom.xml
+++ b/soap/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/spring4/pom.xml b/spring4/pom.xml
index 46a68ebc..1dc03149 100644
--- a/spring4/pom.xml
+++ b/spring4/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!--
 
-    Copyright 2012-2021 The Feign Authors
+    Copyright 2012-2022 The Feign Authors
 
     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
     in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at