diff --git a/src/transformers/commands/add_new_model_like.py b/src/transformers/commands/add_new_model_like.py
index c0a9e73c87a4..2c22acc26d4d 100644
--- a/src/transformers/commands/add_new_model_like.py
+++ b/src/transformers/commands/add_new_model_like.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import re
 from argparse import ArgumentParser, Namespace
 from dataclasses import dataclass
+from datetime import date
 from itertools import chain
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Pattern, Tuple, Union
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@
 logger = logging.get_logger(__name__)  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
 
 
+CURRENT_YEAR = date.today().year
 TRANSFORMERS_PATH = Path(__file__).parent.parent
 REPO_PATH = TRANSFORMERS_PATH.parent.parent
 
@@ -421,6 +423,7 @@ def duplicate_module(
     with open(module_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         content = f.read()
 
+    content = re.sub("# Copyright (\d+)\s", f"# Copyright {CURRENT_YEAR} ", content)
     objects = parse_module_content(content)
 
     # Loop and treat all objects
@@ -1062,6 +1065,7 @@ def duplicate_doc_file(
     with open(doc_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
         content = f.read()
 
+    content = re.sub("<!--\s*Copyright (\d+)\s", f"<!--Copyright {CURRENT_YEAR} ", content)
     if frameworks is None:
         frameworks = get_default_frameworks()
     if dest_file is None: