diff --git a/common.json b/common.json
index 5e15b35f..467c4edf 100644
--- a/common.json
+++ b/common.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "Jsonnet files should not include this file directly but use ci/common.jsonnet instead."
   ],
 
-  "mx_version": "7.28.0",
+  "mx_version": "7.29.5",
 
   "COMMENT.jdks": "When adding or removing JDKs keep in sync with JDKs in ci/common.jsonnet",
   "jdks": {
diff --git a/java/com.oracle.mxtool.checkcopy/src/com/oracle/mxtool/checkcopy/CheckCopyright.java b/java/com.oracle.mxtool.checkcopy/src/com/oracle/mxtool/checkcopy/CheckCopyright.java
index 7247725c..eb73816f 100644
--- a/java/com.oracle.mxtool.checkcopy/src/com/oracle/mxtool/checkcopy/CheckCopyright.java
+++ b/java/com.oracle.mxtool.checkcopy/src/com/oracle/mxtool/checkcopy/CheckCopyright.java
@@ -504,6 +504,8 @@ private static void initCopyrightKinds() throws IOException {
     private static final Options options = new Options();
     private static final Option<Boolean> help = Options.newBooleanOption("help", false, "Show help message and exit.");
     private static final Option<String> COPYRIGHT_DIR = Options.newStringOption("copyright-dir", null, "override default location of copyright files");
+    private static final Option<Boolean> ASSUME_MODIFIED = Options.newBooleanOption("assumed-modified", false,
+                    "assume the given files are modified and so the last year should be current year. Always the case for --list-dir.");
     private static final Option<List<String>> FILES_TO_CHECK = Options.newStringListOption("files", null, "list of files to check");
     private static final Option<String> FILE_LIST = Options.newStringOption("file-list", null, "file containing list of files to check");
     private static final Option<Boolean> DIR_WALK = Options.newBooleanOption("list-dir", false, "check all files in directory tree requiring a copyright (ls -R)");
@@ -767,7 +769,7 @@ private static void processFile(Calendar cal, String fileName) {
                 System.out.println("checking " + fileName);
             }
             Info info;
-            if (DIR_WALK.getValue() || FILE_LIST.getValue() != null) {
+            if (DIR_WALK.getValue() || ASSUME_MODIFIED.getValue()) {
                 info = getFromLastModified(cal, fileName);
             } else {
                 final List<String> logInfo = vc.log(fileName);
diff --git a/src/mx/_impl/mx.py b/src/mx/_impl/mx.py
index 34bf7e3f..def98502 100755
--- a/src/mx/_impl/mx.py
+++ b/src/mx/_impl/mx.py
@@ -18196,7 +18196,7 @@ def alarm_handler(signum, frame):
 _CACHE_DIR = get_env('MX_CACHE_DIR', join(dot_mx_dir(), 'cache'))
 
 # The version must be updated for every PR (checked in CI) and the comment should reflect the PR's issue
-version = VersionSpec("7.29.5")  # GR-57584
+version = VersionSpec("7.29.6")  # GR-56803
 
 _mx_start_datetime = datetime.utcnow()