diff --git a/.github/workflows/copyright-update.yml b/.github/workflows/copyright-update.yml
index e320df6a8fd4..b5b33c37bd9b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/copyright-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/copyright-update.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 name: Copyright Update
 on:
+  pull_request:
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 0 31 12 *' # Repeats December 31st every year
 
@@ -41,9 +42,11 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       # Update the copyright headers
       - name: Find and Replace
+        #  CURRENT_YEAR=$(date +'%Y')
+        #  NEW_YEAR=$(($CURRENT_YEAR + 1))
         run: |
-          CURRENT_YEAR=$(date +'%Y')
-          NEW_YEAR=$(($CURRENT_YEAR + 1))
+          NEW_YEAR=$(date +'%Y')
+          CURRENT_YEAR=$(($NEW_YEAR - 1))
           grep -rlZE "Copyright ([0-9]+)-$CURRENT_YEAR" . | xargs -0 sed -i -E "s/Copyright ([0-9]+)-$CURRENT_YEAR/Copyright \1-$NEW_YEAR/g"
       # Create PR
       - name: Create Pull Request
diff --git a/.github/workflows/stale.yml b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
index 1ccf61335d12..8c09a0f1c8e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/stale.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/stale.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright 2013-2023 the original author or authors from the JHipster project.
+# Copyright the original author or authors from the JHipster project.
 #
 # This file is part of the JHipster project, see https://www.jhipster.tech/
 # for more information.