diff --git a/admin/copyright_year.sh b/admin/copyright_year.sh
index 7def754ad88..3c09385d9b0 100755
--- a/admin/copyright_year.sh
+++ b/admin/copyright_year.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 #   bash admin/copyright_year.sh
 #
 
-lastyear=2024
-newyear=2025
+lastyear=2025
+newyear=2026
 
 if [ ! -d cmake ]; then
     echo "Must be run from top-level gmt directory"
diff --git a/cmake/ConfigDefault.cmake b/cmake/ConfigDefault.cmake
index 0380c81f861..3f9e52fb278 100644
--- a/cmake/ConfigDefault.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ConfigDefault.cmake
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ set (GMT_PACKAGE_NAME "GMT")
 set (GMT_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "The Generic Mapping Tools")
 
 # Year of the current GMT release.
-set (GMT_VERSION_YEAR "2025")
+set (GMT_VERSION_YEAR "2026")
 
 # The GMT release DOI
 set (GMT_VERSION_DOI "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16448627")
diff --git a/src/PSL_strings.h b/src/PSL_strings.h
index e4aaab86209..2eaf4bd78f4 100644
--- a/src/PSL_strings.h
+++ b/src/PSL_strings.h
@@ -1046,7 +1046,8 @@ static char *PSL_prologue_str =
 "  xc_SP yc_SP matrix currentmatrix transform /yc_SP_user edef /xc_SP_user edef\n"
 "  radius_SP 0 matrix currentmatrix dtransform dup mul exch dup mul add sqrt /radius_SP_user edef\n"
 "  /SP_lx where {pop /SP_lx_orig SP_lx def /SP_ly_orig SP_ly def} {/SP_lx_orig 0.0 def /SP_ly_orig 0.0 def} ifelse\n"
-"  radius_SP_user SP_lx_orig mul /SP_lx_user edef  radius_SP_user SP_ly_orig mul /SP_ly_user edef\n"
+"  radius_SP_user SP_lx_orig mul /SP_lx_user edef\n"
+"  radius_SP_user SP_ly_orig mul /SP_ly_user edef\n"
 "  matrix setmatrix\n"
 "  SP_no_fill {\n"
 "    % No fill (outline only, drawn separately in C code)\n"
diff --git a/src/img/img2google b/src/img/img2google
index 0de89972011..686a50bba52 100755
--- a/src/img/img2google
+++ b/src/img/img2google
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2009-2025 by David Sandwell and Paul Wessel
+# Copyright (c) 2009-2026 by David Sandwell and Paul Wessel
 # Credit to Joaquim Luis for adding KML output from ps2raster
 #
 # Shell script that will generate a Google Earth png tile from
diff --git a/test/grdview/gouraud.sh b/test/grdview/gouraud.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/test/psxy/gradients.sh b/test/psxy/gradients.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/test/psxyz/gradients3d.sh b/test/psxyz/gradients3d.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755