"In the next years to come" or "In the years to come"

Question

I want to write a sentence saying that I hope that something will still happen in the following years. Which is the best way to write it ?

I would like to keep doing that in the years to come.

OR

I would like to keep doing that in the next years to come.

Answer 1

In the years to come.

What might in the next years to come mean? (Is it intended to be in opposition to in the previous years to come?)

Answer 2

I would like to still be doing that in years to come.