diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3178aa4849da3..d288afdf62157 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ Dash Core staging tree 0.12
 
 https://www.dashpay.io
 
-Copyright (c) 2009-2015 Bitcoin Core Developers
+Copyright (c) 2009-2016 Bitcoin Core Developers
 
-Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Dash Core Developers
+Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Dash Core Developers
 
 
 What is Dash?
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7b92cabf7808c..34d57b49b8e74 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 12)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 1)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
-define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2015)
+define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2016)
 AC_INIT([Dash Core],[_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR._CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR._CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION],[info@dashpay.io],[dash])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.cpp])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/config/dash-config.h])
diff --git a/src/clientversion.h b/src/clientversion.h
index 7adae4d9a6723..7849668be6aec 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