diff --git a/.cruft.json b/.cruft.json
index c4a7d82..2eb7307 100644
--- a/.cruft.json
+++ b/.cruft.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "template": "/home/runner/work/cookiecutter-scverse/cookiecutter-scverse",
-  "commit": "6ff5b92b5d44ea6d8a88e47538475718d467db95",
+  "commit": "36d03ded779ff8b6388d12a8d1f104e31a14ffde",
   "checkout": null,
   "context": {
     "cookiecutter": {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         "trim_blocks": true
       },
       "_template": "/home/runner/work/cookiecutter-scverse/cookiecutter-scverse",
-      "_commit": "6ff5b92b5d44ea6d8a88e47538475718d467db95"
+      "_commit": "36d03ded779ff8b6388d12a8d1f104e31a14ffde"
     }
   },
   "directory": null
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index a8be3bd..b626025 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 BSD 3-Clause License
 
-Copyright (c) 2025, scverse community
+Copyright (c) 2026, scverse community
 All rights reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/docs/contributing.md b/docs/contributing.md
index a6a9dd5..303396b 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.md
+++ b/docs/contributing.md
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ This can have undesired side-effects,
 such as requiring to install a lower version of a library your project depends on,
 only because an outdated sphinx plugin pins an older version.
 
-To initalize a virtual environment in the `.venv` directory of your project, simply run
+To initialize a virtual environment in the `.venv` directory of your project, simply run
 
 ```bash
 uv sync --all-extras
diff --git a/docs/template_usage.md b/docs/template_usage.md
index 992e7f2..85081b4 100644
--- a/docs/template_usage.md
+++ b/docs/template_usage.md
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ See a guide [here](https://docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/guides/importing-privat
 
 ### Github Actions
 
-[GitHub Actions][] is a continous integration (CI)/continous development (CD) automation tool that enables workflows for building, testing, and deploying code directly from a GitHub repository.
+[GitHub Actions][] is a continuous integration (CI)/continuous development (CD) automation tool that enables workflows for building, testing, and deploying code directly from a GitHub repository.
 It uses YAML-based configuration files to define jobs and steps, which can be triggered by events like pushes, pull requests, or scheduled runs.
 This project comes with several pre-configured workflows that can be found in the `.github/workflows` folder:
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ The following pre-commit hooks are for errors and inconsistencies:
     - [flake8-blind-except](https://beta.ruff.rs/docs/rules/#flake8-blind-except-ble) (rule category: `BLE`):
       checks for blind, catch-all `except` statements.
     - [Ruff-specific rules](https://beta.ruff.rs/docs/rules/#ruff-specific-rules-ruf) (rule category: `RUF`):
-        - `RUF100`: remove unneccesary `# noqa` comments ()
+        - `RUF100`: remove unnecessary `# noqa` comments ()
 
 #### How to add or remove pre-commit checks
 
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ The following hints may be useful to work with the template sync:
 
 :::
 
-[lits of template repositories]: https://github.com/scverse/ecosystem-packages/blob/main/template-repos.yml
+[list of template repositories]: https://github.com/scverse/ecosystem-packages/blob/main/template-repos.yml
 [scverse-bot]: https://github.com/scverse-bot
 
 ## Moving forward