diff --git a/licenses/LICENSE_HEADER_TEMPLATE.txt b/licenses/LICENSE_HEADER_TEMPLATE.txt
index 11e0816a3..a00efa127 100644
--- a/licenses/LICENSE_HEADER_TEMPLATE.txt
+++ b/licenses/LICENSE_HEADER_TEMPLATE.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2025 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+Copyright (c) 2026 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 
 This program and the accompanying materials are made
 available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
diff --git a/licenses/LICENSE_HEADER_TEMPLATE_CONTRIBUTORS_25.txt b/licenses/LICENSE_HEADER_TEMPLATE_CONTRIBUTORS_25.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11e0816a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/licenses/LICENSE_HEADER_TEMPLATE_CONTRIBUTORS_25.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Copyright (c) 2025 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+
+This program and the accompanying materials are made
+available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 43125a120..a4ef62fba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@
                                     <validHeaders>
                                         <validHeader>licenses/LICENSE_HEADER_TEMPLATE_CONTRIBUTORS_23.txt</validHeader>
                                         <validHeader>licenses/LICENSE_HEADER_TEMPLATE_CONTRIBUTORS_24.txt</validHeader>
+                                        <validHeader>licenses/LICENSE_HEADER_TEMPLATE_CONTRIBUTORS_25.txt</validHeader>
                                         <validHeader>licenses/LICENSE_HEADER_TEMPLATE_BOSCH_15.txt</validHeader>
                                         <validHeader>licenses/LICENSE_HEADER_TEMPLATE_BOSCH_18.txt</validHeader>
                                         <validHeader>licenses/LICENSE_HEADER_TEMPLATE_BOSCH_19.txt</validHeader>