diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
--- a/src/.gitignore
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@
 yarn-error.log
 composer.lock
 resources/countries.php
+resources/js/ts.js
diff --git a/src/resources/build/before.php b/src/resources/build/before.php
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/resources/build/before.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?php
+
+$rootDir = __DIR__ . '/../..';
+
+// Write build timestamp to a file that is then included by the vue components
+file_put_contents(
+    "{$rootDir}/resources/js/ts.js",
+    sprintf("export default new Date('%s')", date('c'))
+);
diff --git a/src/resources/vue/Widgets/Menu.vue b/src/resources/vue/Widgets/Menu.vue
--- a/src/resources/vue/Widgets/Menu.vue
+++ b/src/resources/vue/Widgets/Menu.vue
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
                     </li>
                 </ul>
                 <div v-if="mode == 'footer'" class="footer">
-                    <div id="footer-copyright">@ Apheleia IT AG, 2020</div>
+                    <div id="footer-copyright">@ Apheleia IT AG, {{ buildYear }}</div>
                     <div v-if="footer" id="footer-company">{{ footer }}</div>
                 </div>
             </div>
@@ -44,7 +44,14 @@
 </template>
 
 <script>
+    import buildDate from '../../js/ts.js'
+
     export default {
+        data() {
+            return {
+                buildYear: buildDate.getFullYear()
+            }
+        },
         props: {
             mode: { type: String, default: 'header' },
             footer: { type: String, default: '' }
diff --git a/src/tests/Browser/LogonTest.php b/src/tests/Browser/LogonTest.php
--- a/src/tests/Browser/LogonTest.php
+++ b/src/tests/Browser/LogonTest.php
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
         $this->browse(function (Browser $browser) {
             $browser->visit(new Home())
                 ->within(new Menu(), function ($browser) {
-                    $browser->assertMenuItems(['signup', 'explore', 'blog', 'support', 'login']);
+                    $browser->assertMenuItems(['signup', 'explore', 'blog', 'support', 'login'])
+                        ->assertSeeIn('#footer-copyright', '@ Apheleia IT AG, ' . date('Y'));
                 });
 
             if ($browser->isDesktop()) {
diff --git a/src/webpack.mix.js b/src/webpack.mix.js
--- a/src/webpack.mix.js
+++ b/src/webpack.mix.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
  |
  */
 
+const { exec } = require('child_process');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const glob = require('glob');
 const mix = require('laravel-mix');
@@ -22,6 +23,10 @@
     }
 })
 
+mix.before(() => {
+    exec('php resources/build/before.php')
+})
+
 mix.js('resources/js/user.js', 'public/js').vue()
     .js('resources/js/admin.js', 'public/js').vue()