diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fb15f0366482a3162cc4dcc27f5c2d516ab0d16b..e22ce60fc5560c5497be88cdb8afaf8bd3c6c78e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project( VAPython )
 list( APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "$ENV{VISTA_CMAKE_COMMON}" )
 
 if( NOT DEFINED ITA_VAPYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR )
-	set( ITA_VAPYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR "v2018" CACHE STRING "VAPython version major (usually 'v' and year)" )
+	set( ITA_VAPYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR "v2019" CACHE STRING "VAPython version major (usually 'v' and year)" )
 endif( NOT DEFINED ITA_VAPYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR )
 
 if( NOT DEFINED ITA_VAPYTHON_VERSION_MINOR )
diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
index 31dd82eb237c7adb4eb8d1c0d58f72ae0c4a03ce..f3e724e957f4afabbf6dd99ab6fdb350717e1f65 100644
--- a/LICENSE.md
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright 2015-2018 Institute of Technical Acoustics (ITA), RWTH Aachen University
+Copyright 2015-2019 Institute of Technical Acoustics (ITA), RWTH Aachen University
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use files of this project except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a64d96d5a7305250dfd898a9a32489fbed6f699e..07c03e9524530c0f9f2ca9d5f43291055aaf9dc1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ VAPython contains is a C++ extension for the Python3 interpreter that provides a
 
 ### License
 
-Copyright 2015-2018 Institute of Technical Acoustics (ITA), RWTH Aachen University
+Copyright 2015-2019 Institute of Technical Acoustics (ITA), RWTH Aachen University
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use files of this project except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/src/vasingleton.cpp b/src/vasingleton.cpp
index 532dcfd02922fd278e551ded2640e0c2dae4e71e..e226f0f8c337139a6b0e9ce8d0367dd2f6807270 100644
--- a/src/vasingleton.cpp
+++ b/src/vasingleton.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *    VVV        VVV A           Virtual Acoustics (VA) | http://www.virtualacoustics.org
  *     VVV      VVV AAA          Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
  *      VVV    VVV   AAA
- *       VVV  VVV     AAA        Copyright 2015-2018
+ *       VVV  VVV     AAA        Copyright 2015-2019
  *        VVVVVV       AAA       Institute of Technical Acoustics (ITA)
  *         VVVV         AAA      RWTH Aachen University
  *
diff --git a/src/vasingletondoc.hpp b/src/vasingletondoc.hpp
index ff295b799848be702b9608aaefcc9dc0152139de..d26760f04779bec1c3181b2488e376c8b05b7067 100644
--- a/src/vasingletondoc.hpp
+++ b/src/vasingletondoc.hpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *    VVV        VVV A           Virtual Acoustics (VA) | http://www.virtualacoustics.org
  *     VVV      VVV AAA          Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
  *      VVV    VVV   AAA
- *       VVV  VVV     AAA        Copyright 2015-2018
+ *       VVV  VVV     AAA        Copyright 2015-2019
  *        VVVVVV       AAA       Institute of Technical Acoustics (ITA)
  *         VVVV         AAA      RWTH Aachen University
  *
diff --git a/src/vasingletonmethods.hpp b/src/vasingletonmethods.hpp
index 377b51ca62754b4b3347baf43636d440c3db6af9..affa87f2f8572ab10d33e468dcb1600286dfb5d6 100644
--- a/src/vasingletonmethods.hpp
+++ b/src/vasingletonmethods.hpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *    VVV        VVV A           Virtual Acoustics (VA) | http://www.virtualacoustics.org
  *     VVV      VVV AAA          Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
  *      VVV    VVV   AAA
- *       VVV  VVV     AAA        Copyright 2015-2018
+ *       VVV  VVV     AAA        Copyright 2015-2019
  *        VVVVVV       AAA       Institute of Technical Acoustics (ITA)
  *         VVVV         AAA      RWTH Aachen University
  *