diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
index 5a7897ee32..617822cd27 100755
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ packages:
 - "faketime"
 - "bsdmainutils"
 - "binutils-gold"
-reference_datetime: "2014-01-10 00:00:00"
+reference_datetime: "2016-01-01 00:00:00"
 remotes:
 - "url": "https://github.com/dashpay/dash.git"
   "dir": "dash"
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml
index f3c78be5e8..d1feac4c60 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ architectures:
 packages:
 - "libc6:i386"
 - "faketime"
-reference_datetime: "2013-06-01 00:00:00"
+reference_datetime: "2016-01-01 00:00:00"
 remotes: []
 files:
 - "dash-osx-unsigned.tar.gz"
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
index f8cb34deef..48d9023939 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ packages:
 - "libcap-dev"
 - "libz-dev"
 - "libbz2-dev"
-reference_datetime: "2013-06-01 00:00:00"
+reference_datetime: "2016-01-01 00:00:00"
 remotes:
 - "url": "https://github.com/dashpay/dash.git"
   "dir": "dash"
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-rpi2.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-rpi2.yml
index 6bf051f8c2..440ebc6a12 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-rpi2.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-rpi2.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ packages:
 - "faketime"
 - "bsdmainutils"
 - "binutils-gold"
-reference_datetime: "2014-01-10 00:00:00"
+reference_datetime: "2016-01-01 00:00:00"
 remotes:
 - "url": "https://github.com/dashpay/dash.git"
   "dir": "dash"
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
index 9ca5ab6e49..0314de1467 100755
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ packages:
 - "g++-mingw-w64"
 - "nsis"
 - "zip"
-reference_datetime: "2014-01-10 00:00:00"
+reference_datetime: "2016-01-01 00:00:00"
 remotes:
 - "url": "https://github.com/dashpay/dash.git"
   "dir": "dash"