diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index c8007be978..831275e163 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <!-- Set the Release year during release -->
-    <release-year>2020</release-year>
+    <release-year>2021</release-year>
 
     <failIfNoTests>false</failIfNoTests>
     <!--Whether to proceed to next module if any test failures exist-->