diff --git a/configure b/configure
index da74ccd96140f5816e9971aee1884556c45d0b33..6710f859716bee3c2abe8efc48c327fe83fc10e5 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6362,7 +6362,7 @@ cat > $TMPH <<EOF
 #define FFMPEG_CONFIG_H
 #define FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION "$(c_escape $FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION)"
 #define FFMPEG_LICENSE "$(c_escape $license)"
-#define CONFIG_THIS_YEAR 2015
+#define CONFIG_THIS_YEAR 2016
 #define FFMPEG_DATADIR "$(eval c_escape $datadir)"
 #define AVCONV_DATADIR "$(eval c_escape $datadir)"
 #define CC_IDENT "$(c_escape ${cc_ident:-Unknown compiler})"