diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index c6be8e54708..c6203c0f76d 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2009-2016 The Bitcoin Core developers
+Copyright (c) 2009-2017 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 4723c69d5dd..346695043d9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 13)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 99)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, false)
-define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2016)
+define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2017)
 define(_COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS,[The %s developers])
 define(_COPYRIGHT_HOLDERS_SUBSTITUTION,[[Bitcoin Core]])
 AC_INIT([Bitcoin Core],[_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR._CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR._CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION],[https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues],[bitcoin],[https://bitcoincore.org/])
diff --git a/contrib/debian/copyright b/contrib/debian/copyright
index 0fa06f1aa9f..72d64ce62d2 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: 2009-2016, Bitcoin Core Developers
+Copyright: 2009-2017, 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 0cd7e517eed..0b27bb1bdfc 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 2016
+#define COPYRIGHT_YEAR 2017
 
 #endif //HAVE_CONFIG_H