diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 43af4c3..1fbb8db 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ linters:
     - maintidx         # maintidx measures the maintainability index of each function.
     - makezero         # Finds slice declarations with non-zero initial length
     - misspell         # Finds commonly misspelled English words in comments
+    - modernize        # Replace and suggests simplifications to code
     - nakedret         # Finds naked returns in functions greater than a specified function length
     - nestif           # Reports deeply nested if statements
     - nilerr           # Finds the code that returns nil even if it checks that the error is not nil.
diff --git a/gcc/delivery_rate_estimator.go b/gcc/delivery_rate_estimator.go
index 2e176c1..35d4172 100644
--- a/gcc/delivery_rate_estimator.go
+++ b/gcc/delivery_rate_estimator.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 package gcc
diff --git a/gcc/delivery_rate_estimator_test.go b/gcc/delivery_rate_estimator_test.go
index 0324ffb..f4fcf5f 100644
--- a/gcc/delivery_rate_estimator_test.go
+++ b/gcc/delivery_rate_estimator_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 package gcc
diff --git a/gcc/ewma.go b/gcc/ewma.go
index cd487c3..c6c3f43 100644
--- a/gcc/ewma.go
+++ b/gcc/ewma.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 package gcc
diff --git a/gcc/ewma_test.go b/gcc/ewma_test.go
index 9ca371a..3aa4ce6 100644
--- a/gcc/ewma_test.go
+++ b/gcc/ewma_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 package gcc
diff --git a/gcc/gcc.go b/gcc/gcc.go
index c10a0fd..0767d48 100644
--- a/gcc/gcc.go
+++ b/gcc/gcc.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 // Package gcc implements a congestion controller based on
diff --git a/gcc/loss_rate_controller.go b/gcc/loss_rate_controller.go
index cbb22a6..249d733 100644
--- a/gcc/loss_rate_controller.go
+++ b/gcc/loss_rate_controller.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 package gcc
diff --git a/gcc/loss_rate_controller_test.go b/gcc/loss_rate_controller_test.go
index ad0a425..241e128 100644
--- a/gcc/loss_rate_controller_test.go
+++ b/gcc/loss_rate_controller_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 package gcc
diff --git a/gcc/state.go b/gcc/state.go
index 34c99f3..8d6aaae 100644
--- a/gcc/state.go
+++ b/gcc/state.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 package gcc
diff --git a/gcc/state_test.go b/gcc/state_test.go
index eaad70e..dd5f5e1 100644
--- a/gcc/state_test.go
+++ b/gcc/state_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 package gcc
diff --git a/gcc/usage.go b/gcc/usage.go
index d3ccfac..43b0a96 100644
--- a/gcc/usage.go
+++ b/gcc/usage.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 package gcc
diff --git a/gcc/usage_test.go b/gcc/usage_test.go
index e0fc84b..cae525c 100644
--- a/gcc/usage_test.go
+++ b/gcc/usage_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 The Pion community <https://pion.ly>
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 package gcc