diff --git a/hooks/boilerplate.sh b/hooks/boilerplate.sh
index 42a8dd1511e..afd01f5a66d 100755
--- a/hooks/boilerplate.sh
+++ b/hooks/boilerplate.sh
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ fi
 LINES=$(cat "${REF_FILE}" | wc -l | tr -d ' ')
 if [[ "${EXT}" == "go" ]]; then
   # remove build tags from the top of Go file
-  DIFFER=$(cat "${FILE}" | sed '/\/\*/,$!d' | head "-${LINES}" | diff -q - "${REF_FILE}")
+  DIFFER=$(cat "${FILE}" | sed '/\/\*/,$!d' | sed 's/2015/2014/g' | head "-${LINES}" | diff -q - "${REF_FILE}")
 else
-  DIFFER=$(head "-${LINES}" "${FILE}" | diff -q - "${REF_FILE}")
+  DIFFER=$(head "-${LINES}" "${FILE}" | sed 's/2015/2014/g' | diff -q - "${REF_FILE}")
 fi
 
 if [[ -z "${DIFFER}" ]]; then