diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2016 Crown Copyright (Government Digital Service)
+Copyright (c) 2016-2025 Government Digital Service
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 709f188..3bd1d52 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,3 +8,7 @@ Useful links:
 - [NPM package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/notifications-node-client)
 - [Changelog](https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-node-client/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md)
 - [Contributing to this client](https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-node-client/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+
+## Licence
+
+Unless stated otherwise, the codebase is released under [the MIT License](LICENSE). This covers both the codebase and any sample code in the documentation.