diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index 00addc272..8e7b65eaf 100644
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2008-2021 The pip developers (see AUTHORS.txt file)
+Copyright (c) 2008-present The pip developers (see AUTHORS.txt file)
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
 a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the