diff --git a/distributions/debian/copyright b/distributions/debian/copyright
index e729aacab1..2a87f0c7d9 100644
--- a/distributions/debian/copyright
+++ b/distributions/debian/copyright
@@ -4,17 +4,19 @@ Upstream-Contact: The Jamulus Development Team
 Source: https://github.com/jamulussoftware/jamulus/
 
 Files: *
-Copyright: 2004-2022 The Jamulus Development Team
-License: GPL-2
+Copyright:
+ 2021-2022 The Jamulus Development Team and contributors
+ 2004-2021 Volker Fischer and contributors
+License: GPL-2+
 
 Files: debian/*
 Copyright:
  2020 Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com>
  2020 Olivier Humbert <trebmuh@tuxfamily.org>
  2019 Marc Landolt jr <debian@marclandolt.ch>
-License: GPL-2
+License: GPL-2+
 
-License: GPL-2
+License: GPL-2+
  This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
diff --git a/tools/update-copyright-notices.sh b/tools/update-copyright-notices.sh
index 281e6765ff..249a82c204 100755
--- a/tools/update-copyright-notices.sh
+++ b/tools/update-copyright-notices.sh
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ for file in $(find android ios linux mac src windows -regex '.*\.\(cpp\|h\|mm\)'
 		sed -re 's/(\*.*Copyright.*[^-][0-9]{4})(\s*-\s*\b[0-9]{4})?\s*$/\1-'"${YEAR}"'/' -i "${file}"
 done
 
-sed -re 's/(Copyright:\s*[0-9]{4}-)[0-9]{4}/\1'"${YEAR}"'/' -i distributions/debian/copyright
+sed -re 's/^( [0-9]{4}-)[0-9]{4}( The Jamulus)/\1'"${YEAR}"'\2/' -i distributions/debian/copyright