diff --git a/buildSrc/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/buildSrc/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index c63f232e1e..4059713931 100644
--- a/buildSrc/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/buildSrc/config/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<module name="io.spring.javaformat.checkstyle.check.SpringHeaderCheck">
 		<property name="fileExtensions" value="java"/>
 		<property name="headerType" value="apache2"/>
-		<property name="headerCopyrightPattern" value="20\d\d-20\d\d"/>
+		<property name="headerCopyrightPattern" value="20\d\d-present"/>
 		<property name="packageInfoHeaderType" value="none"/>
 	</module>
 	<module name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.NewlineAtEndOfFileCheck"/>
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml b/src/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
index 0115fddad2..315ddaea13 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
+++ b/src/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<module name="io.spring.javaformat.checkstyle.check.SpringHeaderCheck">
 		<property name="fileExtensions" value="java"/>
 		<property name="headerType" value="apache2"/>
-		<property name="headerCopyrightPattern" value="20\d\d-20\d\d"/>
+		<property name="headerCopyrightPattern" value="20\d\d-present"/>
 		<property name="packageInfoHeaderType" value="none"/>
 	</module>
 	<module name="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.NewlineAtEndOfFileCheck"/>
diff --git a/src/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs b/src/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
index c4e40f6c06..db86f88b4e 100644
--- a/src/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
+++ b/src/eclipse/org.eclipse.jdt.ui.prefs
@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@ org.eclipse.jdt.ui.keywordthis=false
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.ondemandthreshold=9999
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.overrideannotation=true
 org.eclipse.jdt.ui.staticondemandthreshold=9999
-org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.custom_code_templates=<?xml version\="1.0" encoding\="UTF-8" standalone\="no"?><templates><template autoinsert\="true" context\="gettercomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for getter method" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.gettercomment" name\="gettercomment">/**\n * @return the ${bare_field_name}\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="settercomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for setter method" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.settercomment" name\="settercomment">/**\n * @param ${param} the ${bare_field_name} to set\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="constructorcomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for created constructors" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.constructorcomment" name\="constructorcomment">/**\n * ${tags}\n */</template><template autoinsert\="false" context\="filecomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for created Java files" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.filecomment" name\="filecomment">/*\n * Copyright 2002-${year} the original author or authors.\n *\n * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");\n * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.\n * You may obtain a copy of the License at\n *\n *      https\://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\n *\n * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\n * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,\n * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.\n * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and\n * limitations under the License.\n */\n</template><template autoinsert\="false" context\="typecomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for created types" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.typecomment" name\="typecomment">/**\n * ${tags}\n * @author ${user}\n * @since 6.2\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="fieldcomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for fields" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.fieldcomment" name\="fieldcomment">/**\n * \n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="methodcomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for non-overriding methods" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.methodcomment" name\="methodcomment">/**\n * ${tags}\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="overridecomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for overriding methods" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.overridecomment" name\="overridecomment">/* (non-Javadoc)\n * ${see_to_overridden}\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="delegatecomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for delegate methods" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.delegatecomment" name\="delegatecomment">/**\n * ${tags}\n * ${see_to_target}\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="newtype_context" deleted\="false" description\="Newly created files" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.newtype" name\="newtype">${filecomment}\n${package_declaration}\n\n${typecomment}\n${type_declaration}</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="classbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in new class type bodies" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.classbody" name\="classbody">\n</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="interfacebody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in new interface type bodies" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.interfacebody" name\="interfacebody">\n</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="enumbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in new enum type bodies" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.enumbody" name\="enumbody">\n</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="annotationbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in new annotation type bodies" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.annotationbody" name\="annotationbody">\n</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="catchblock_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in new catch blocks" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.catchblock" name\="catchblock">// ${todo} Auto-generated catch block\n${exception_var}.printStackTrace();</template><template autoinsert\="false" context\="methodbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in created method stubs" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.methodbody" name\="methodbody">// ${todo} Auto-generated method stub\nthrow new UnsupportedOperationException("Auto-generated method stub");</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="constructorbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in created constructor stubs" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.constructorbody" name\="constructorbody">${body_statement}\n// ${todo} Auto-generated constructor stub</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="getterbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in created getters" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.getterbody" name\="getterbody">return ${field};</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="setterbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in created setters" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.setterbody" name\="setterbody">${field} \= ${param};</template></templates>
+org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.custom_code_templates=<?xml version\="1.0" encoding\="UTF-8" standalone\="no"?><templates><template autoinsert\="true" context\="gettercomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for getter method" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.gettercomment" name\="gettercomment">/**\n * @return the ${bare_field_name}\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="settercomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for setter method" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.settercomment" name\="settercomment">/**\n * @param ${param} the ${bare_field_name} to set\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="constructorcomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for created constructors" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.constructorcomment" name\="constructorcomment">/**\n * ${tags}\n */</template><template autoinsert\="false" context\="filecomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for created Java files" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.filecomment" name\="filecomment">/*\n * Copyright 2002-present the original author or authors.\n *\n * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");\n * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.\n * You may obtain a copy of the License at\n *\n *      https\://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0\n *\n * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software\n * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,\n * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.\n * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and\n * limitations under the License.\n */\n</template><template autoinsert\="false" context\="typecomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for created types" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.typecomment" name\="typecomment">/**\n * ${tags}\n * @author ${user}\n * @since 6.2\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="fieldcomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for fields" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.fieldcomment" name\="fieldcomment">/**\n * \n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="methodcomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for non-overriding methods" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.methodcomment" name\="methodcomment">/**\n * ${tags}\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="overridecomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for overriding methods" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.overridecomment" name\="overridecomment">/* (non-Javadoc)\n * ${see_to_overridden}\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="delegatecomment_context" deleted\="false" description\="Comment for delegate methods" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.delegatecomment" name\="delegatecomment">/**\n * ${tags}\n * ${see_to_target}\n */</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="newtype_context" deleted\="false" description\="Newly created files" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.newtype" name\="newtype">${filecomment}\n${package_declaration}\n\n${typecomment}\n${type_declaration}</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="classbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in new class type bodies" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.classbody" name\="classbody">\n</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="interfacebody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in new interface type bodies" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.interfacebody" name\="interfacebody">\n</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="enumbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in new enum type bodies" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.enumbody" name\="enumbody">\n</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="annotationbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in new annotation type bodies" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.annotationbody" name\="annotationbody">\n</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="catchblock_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in new catch blocks" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.catchblock" name\="catchblock">// ${todo} Auto-generated catch block\n${exception_var}.printStackTrace();</template><template autoinsert\="false" context\="methodbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in created method stubs" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.methodbody" name\="methodbody">// ${todo} Auto-generated method stub\nthrow new UnsupportedOperationException("Auto-generated method stub");</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="constructorbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in created constructor stubs" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.constructorbody" name\="constructorbody">${body_statement}\n// ${todo} Auto-generated constructor stub</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="getterbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in created getters" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.getterbody" name\="getterbody">return ${field};</template><template autoinsert\="true" context\="setterbody_context" deleted\="false" description\="Code in created setters" enabled\="true" id\="org.eclipse.jdt.ui.text.codetemplates.setterbody" name\="setterbody">${field} \= ${param};</template></templates>
diff --git a/update_copyright_headers.sh b/update_copyright_headers.sh
index 4cb8b08922..0abe394e94 100755
--- a/update_copyright_headers.sh
+++ b/update_copyright_headers.sh
@@ -1,21 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
 # This shell script updates the copyright headers in source code files
-# in the current branch that have been added or modified during the
-# current year (at least as much as the `git diff` command supports the
-# date range in terms of log history).
+# in the current branch so that the headers conform to the pattern:
+# <start-year>-present.
+# 
+# For example, "Copyright 2002-2025" will be replaced with
+# "Copyright 2002-current".
 #
 # This has only been tested on mac OS.
 
-current_year=$(date +'%Y')
-echo Updating copyright headers in Java, Kotlin, and Groovy source code for year $current_year
+echo Updating copyright headers in Java, Kotlin, and Groovy source code
 
-# Added/Modified this year and committed
-for file in $(git --no-pager diff --name-only --diff-filter=AM @{$current_year-01-01}..@{$current_year-12-31} | egrep "^.+\.(java|kt|groovy)$" | uniq); do
-	sed -i '' -E "s/Copyright 2002-[0-9]{4}/Copyright 2002-$current_year/g" $file;
-done
-
-# Added/Modified and staged but not yet committed
-for file in $(git --no-pager diff --name-only --diff-filter=AM --cached | egrep "^.+\.(java|kt|groovy)$" | uniq); do
-	sed -i '' -E "s/Copyright 2002-[0-9]{4}/Copyright 2002-$current_year/g" $file;
+for file in $(find -E . -type f -regex '.+\.(java|kt|groovy)$' | uniq); do
+	sed -i '' -E "s/Copyright ([0-9]{4})-[0-9]{4}/Copyright \1-present/g" $file;
 done