diff --git a/util/copyrights b/util/copyrights
index e12afdf2bb..34573da837 100644
--- a/util/copyrights
+++ b/util/copyrights
@@ -4982,7 +4982,7 @@
 ./util/update_branches				PERL	2005,2007,2012,2016
 ./util/update_copyrights			PERL	1998,1999,2000,2001,2004,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016
 ./util/xc					SH	2012,2013,2016
-./version					X	1998,1999,2000,2001,2003,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2016
+./version					X	1998,1999,2000,2001,2003,2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2016,2017
 ./win32utils/Configure				PERL	2013,2014,2015,2016
 ./win32utils/GeoIP.diff				X	2013
 ./win32utils/bind9.sln.in			X	2013,2014,2015,2016