diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 490404721..05162696f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 ### Fixed
 - Layout: use accent color for "floating action button" (mobile compose button).
 - ServiceWorker: don't serve favicon, robots.txt, and others from ServiceWorker.
+- Datepicker: correctly default to the current year.
 
 ## [3.0.0] - 2022-12-25
 
diff --git a/app/soapbox/components/ui/datepicker/datepicker.tsx b/app/soapbox/components/ui/datepicker/datepicker.tsx
index 3c3c9b8e2..bef846709 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/components/ui/datepicker/datepicker.tsx
+++ b/app/soapbox/components/ui/datepicker/datepicker.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const Datepicker = ({ onChange }: IDatepicker) => {
 
   const [month, setMonth] = useState<number>(new Date().getMonth());
   const [day, setDay] = useState<number>(new Date().getDate());
-  const [year, setYear] = useState<number>(2022);
+  const [year, setYear] = useState<number>(new Date().getFullYear());
 
   const numberOfDays = useMemo(() => {
     return getDaysInMonth(month, year);