diff --git a/spring-framework-reference/src/spring-framework-reference.xml b/spring-framework-reference/src/spring-framework-reference.xml
index 09687c799d..00086556fa 100644
--- a/spring-framework-reference/src/spring-framework-reference.xml
+++ b/spring-framework-reference/src/spring-framework-reference.xml
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
     </authorgroup>
 
     <copyright>
-      <year>2004-2011</year>
+      <year>2004-2012</year>
 
       <holder>Rod Johnson, Juergen Hoeller, Keith Donald, Colin Sampaleanu,
       Rob Harrop, Alef Arendsen, Thomas Risberg, Darren Davison, Dmitriy