diff --git a/tika-parent/pom.xml b/tika-parent/pom.xml
index c3d65f0..c16ac8f 100644
--- a/tika-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-parent/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   </description>
 
   <url>http://lucene.apache.org/tika/</url>
+  <inceptionYear>2007</inceptionYear>
 
   <issueManagement>
     <system>JIRA</system>