diff --git a/src/widgets/dialogs/qmessagebox.cpp b/src/widgets/dialogs/qmessagebox.cpp
index cb8ac1ccbf..52ca88891e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/dialogs/qmessagebox.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/dialogs/qmessagebox.cpp
@@ -1836,7 +1836,7 @@ void QMessageBox::aboutQt(QWidget *parent, const QString &title)
         "<p>Qt and the Qt logo are trademarks of The Qt Company Ltd.</p>"
         "<p>Qt is The Qt Company Ltd product developed as an open source "
         "project. See <a href=\"http://%3/\">%3</a> for more information.</p>"
-        ).arg(QStringLiteral("2017"),
+        ).arg(QStringLiteral("2018"),
               QStringLiteral("qt.io/licensing"),
               QStringLiteral("qt.io"));
     QMessageBox *msgBox = new QMessageBox(parent);