diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 314d2e2ff3..c6be8e5470 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2009-2015 The Bitcoin Core developers
+Copyright (c) 2009-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 962f311651..d0381a36ef 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 12)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
-define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2015)
+define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2016)
 AC_INIT([Bitcoin Core],[_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR._CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR._CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION],[https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues],[bitcoin])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.cpp])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/config/bitcoin-config.h])
diff --git a/contrib/debian/copyright b/contrib/debian/copyright
index 83ce560a79..bbaa5b1636 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/copyright
+++ b/contrib/debian/copyright
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Upstream-Contact: Satoshi Nakamoto <satoshin@gmx.com>
 Source: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin
 
 Files: *
-Copyright: 2009-2015, Bitcoin Core Developers
+Copyright: 2009-2016, Bitcoin Core Developers
 License: Expat
 Comment: The Bitcoin Core Developers encompasses the current developers listed on bitcoin.org,
          as well as the numerous contributors to the project.
diff --git a/src/clientversion.h b/src/clientversion.h
index c7b1964e5f..eff27b0e9e 100644
--- a/src/clientversion.h
+++ b/src/clientversion.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  * Copyright year (2009-this)
  * Todo: update this when changing our copyright comments in the source
  */
-#define COPYRIGHT_YEAR 2015
+#define COPYRIGHT_YEAR 2016
 
 #endif //HAVE_CONFIG_H