diff --git a/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/footer/footer.html b/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/footer/footer.html
index 30aca31d3..9ee1b3841 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/footer/footer.html
+++ b/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/footer/footer.html
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-<div class="footer">
-  <p jhiTranslate="footer">This is your footer</p>
-</div>
+<footer class="footer">
+  <p class="footer-text" jhiTranslate="footer">JHipster Sample Application — © 2026 Cognition Partner Workshops</p>
+  <a *jhiHasAnyAuthority="'ROLE_ADMIN'" class="footer-link" routerLink="/admin/docs" jhiTranslate="footerDocs">Documentation</a>
+</footer>
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/footer/footer.scss b/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/footer/footer.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..39759a206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/footer/footer.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+@import 'bootstrap/scss/functions';
+@import 'bootstrap/scss/variables';
+
+/* ==========================================================================
+Footer
+========================================================================== */
+
+.footer {
+  margin-top: 2rem;
+  padding: 1.25rem 1rem;
+  border-top: 1px solid $border-color;
+  text-align: center;
+  font-size: $font-size-sm;
+  color: $text-muted;
+
+  .footer-text {
+    margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
+  }
+
+  .footer-link {
+    color: $secondary;
+    text-decoration: none;
+
+    &:hover,
+    &:focus {
+      color: $body-color;
+      text-decoration: underline;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/footer/footer.ts b/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/footer/footer.ts
index fd2b68888..6af1329d8 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/footer/footer.ts
+++ b/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/footer/footer.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { RouterLink } from '@angular/router';
 
+import HasAnyAuthorityDirective from 'app/shared/auth/has-any-authority.directive';
 import { TranslateDirective } from 'app/shared/language';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'jhi-footer',
   templateUrl: './footer.html',
-  imports: [TranslateDirective],
+  styleUrl: './footer.scss',
+  imports: [TranslateDirective, RouterLink, HasAnyAuthorityDirective],
 })
 export default class Footer {}
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/main/main.spec.ts b/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/main/main.spec.ts
index bc362b652..b52253afd 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/main/main.spec.ts
+++ b/src/main/webapp/app/layouts/main/main.spec.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vitest } from 'vitest';
 import { DOCUMENT } from '@angular/common';
-import { Component } from '@angular/core';
+import { Component, signal } from '@angular/core';
 import { ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
 import { Title } from '@angular/platform-browser';
-import { Router, TitleStrategy } from '@angular/router';
+import { Router, TitleStrategy, provideRouter } from '@angular/router';
 
 import { InterpolatableTranslationObject, LangChangeEvent, TranslateModule, TranslateService } from '@ngx-translate/core';
 import { Subject, of } from 'rxjs';
@@ -27,11 +27,14 @@ describe('Main', () => {
     TestBed.configureTestingModule({
       imports: [TranslateModule.forRoot()],
       providers: [
+        provideRouter([]),
         Title,
         {
           provide: AccountService,
           useValue: {
             identity: vitest.fn(() => of(null)),
+            trackCurrentAccount: vitest.fn(() => signal(null)),
+            hasAnyAuthority: vitest.fn(() => false),
           },
         },
         { provide: TitleStrategy, useClass: AppPageTitleStrategy },
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/i18n/en/global.json b/src/main/webapp/i18n/en/global.json
index 28bcf7d1d..18f125d3d 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/i18n/en/global.json
+++ b/src/main/webapp/i18n/en/global.json
@@ -147,5 +147,6 @@
       "not.image": "File was expected to be an image but was found to be \"{{ fileType }}\""
     }
   },
-  "footer": "This is your footer"
+  "footer": "JHipster Sample Application — © 2026 Cognition Partner Workshops",
+  "footerDocs": "Documentation"
 }