diff --git a/application/Espo/Resources/i18n/en_US/EmailTemplate.json b/application/Espo/Resources/i18n/en_US/EmailTemplate.json
index 6cd44b9eb9..05e25115ba 100644
--- a/application/Espo/Resources/i18n/en_US/EmailTemplate.json
+++ b/application/Espo/Resources/i18n/en_US/EmailTemplate.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     "placeholderTexts": {
         "today": "Today's date",
         "now": "Current date & time",
+        "currentYear": "Current Year",
         "optOutUrl": "URL for an unsubsbribe link",
         "optOutLink": "an unsubscribe link"
     }
diff --git a/application/Espo/Resources/metadata/clientDefs/EmailTemplate.json b/application/Espo/Resources/metadata/clientDefs/EmailTemplate.json
index dcde024af5..5a1d7cd5ac 100644
--- a/application/Espo/Resources/metadata/clientDefs/EmailTemplate.json
+++ b/application/Espo/Resources/metadata/clientDefs/EmailTemplate.json
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@
     "filterList": [
         "actual"
     ],
-    "placeholderList": ["today", "now", "optOutUrl", "optOutLink"],
+    "placeholderList": ["today", "now", "currentYear", "optOutUrl", "optOutLink"],
     "iconClass": "fas fa-envelope-square"
 }
diff --git a/application/Espo/Services/EmailTemplate.php b/application/Espo/Services/EmailTemplate.php
index 41a557d750..d5227bc2d1 100644
--- a/application/Espo/Services/EmailTemplate.php
+++ b/application/Espo/Services/EmailTemplate.php
@@ -276,6 +276,11 @@ class EmailTemplate extends Record
         $replaceData['today'] = $this->getDateTime()->getTodayString();
         $replaceData['now'] = $this->getDateTime()->getNowString();
 
+        $timeZone = $this->getConfig()->get('timeZone');
+        $now = new \DateTime('now', new \DateTimezone($timeZone));
+
+        $replaceData['currentYear'] = $now->format('Y');
+
         foreach ($replaceData as $key => $value) {
             $text = str_replace('{' . $key . '}', $value, $text);
         }