diff --git a/README b/README
index 6e2a6fa003..02c5d5f7ce 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2006-2018 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
 Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Mellanox Technologies. All rights reserved.
 Copyright (c) 2006-2012 Oracle and/or its affiliates.  All rights reserved.
 Copyright (c) 2007      Myricom, Inc.  All rights reserved.
-Copyright (c) 2008-2018 IBM Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2008-2019 IBM Corporation.  All rights reserved.
 Copyright (c) 2010      Oak Ridge National Labs.  All rights reserved.
 Copyright (c) 2011      University of Houston. All rights reserved.
 # Copyright (c) 2013-2019 Intel, Inc.  All rights reserved.