diff --git a/packages/publisher/src/generate-packages.ts b/packages/publisher/src/generate-packages.ts
index 5daa1b8037..4e431b9cec 100644
--- a/packages/publisher/src/generate-packages.ts
+++ b/packages/publisher/src/generate-packages.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ async function writeCommonOutputs(pkg: AnyPackage, packageJson: string, readme:
   await Promise.all([
     writeOutputFile("package.json", packageJson),
     writeOutputFile("README.md", readme),
-    writeOutputFile("LICENSE", getLicenseFileText(pkg)),
+    writeOutputFile("LICENSE", getLicenseFileText(pkg, new Date())),
   ]);
 
   async function writeOutputFile(filename: string, content: string): Promise<void> {
@@ -225,19 +225,19 @@ export function createReadme(typing: TypingsData, packageFS: FS, now: Date): str
   return lines.join("\r\n");
 }
 
-export function getLicenseFileText(typing: AnyPackage): string {
+export function getLicenseFileText(typing: AnyPackage, now: Date): string {
   switch (typing.license) {
     case License.MIT:
       return mitLicense;
     case License.Apache20:
-      return apacheLicense(typing);
+      return apacheLicense(typing, now);
     default:
       throw assertNever(typing);
   }
 }
 
-function apacheLicense(typing: TypingsData): string {
-  const year = new Date().getFullYear();
+function apacheLicense(typing: TypingsData, now: Date): string {
+  const year = now.getFullYear();
   const names = typing.contributors.map((c) => c.name);
   return `Copyright ${year} ${names.join(", ")}
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
diff --git a/packages/publisher/test/generate-packages.test.ts b/packages/publisher/test/generate-packages.test.ts
index e0886e76dc..df195ed3b5 100644
--- a/packages/publisher/test/generate-packages.test.ts
+++ b/packages/publisher/test/generate-packages.test.ts
@@ -76,11 +76,11 @@ const now = new Date(1733775005612);
 testo({
   mitLicenseText() {
     const typing = new TypingsData(defaultFS().fs, createRawPackage(License.MIT), /*isLatest*/ true);
-    expect(getLicenseFileText(typing)).toMatchSnapshot();
+    expect(getLicenseFileText(typing, now)).toMatchSnapshot();
   },
   apacheLicenseText() {
     const typing = new TypingsData(defaultFS().fs, createRawPackage(License.Apache20), /*isLatest*/ true);
-    expect(getLicenseFileText(typing)).toMatchSnapshot();
+    expect(getLicenseFileText(typing, now)).toMatchSnapshot();
   },
   readmeJquery() {
     const dt = defaultFS();