diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fe508a7..808e157 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 		<name>Pivotal Software, Inc.</name>
 		<url>https://www.spring.io</url>
 	</organization>
-	<inceptionYear>2008-2019</inceptionYear>
+	<inceptionYear>2008</inceptionYear>
 	<url>https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-plugin</url>
 
 	<licenses>