diff --git a/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.py b/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.py
index 83e6b1b3e..dfaa5fe70 100644
--- a/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.py
+++ b/hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.py
@@ -142,8 +142,8 @@ def get_regexs():
     regexs = {}
     # Search for "YEAR" which exists in the boilerplate, but shouldn't in the real thing
     regexs["year"] = re.compile( 'YEAR' )
-    # dates can be 2018, company holder names can be anything
-    regexs["date"] = re.compile( '(2018)' )
+    # dates can be 2018, 2019, 2020 company holder names can be anything
+    regexs["date"] = re.compile( '(2018|2019|2020)' )
     # strip // +build \n\n build constraints
     regexs["go_build_constraints"] = re.compile(r"^(// \+build.*\n)+\n", re.MULTILINE)
     # strip #!.* from shell scripts