diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 688f6ab80385667b50e3c4a0a9323689784302ac..606cdd0004ea8b2b4f282899efdcc9008b2eb3ce 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -6959,7 +6959,7 @@ cat > $TMPH <<EOF
 #define FFMPEG_CONFIG_H
 #define FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION "$(c_escape $FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION)"
 #define FFMPEG_LICENSE "$(c_escape $license)"
-#define CONFIG_THIS_YEAR 2017
+#define CONFIG_THIS_YEAR 2018
 #define FFMPEG_DATADIR "$(eval c_escape $datadir)"
 #define AVCONV_DATADIR "$(eval c_escape $datadir)"
 #define CC_IDENT "$(c_escape ${cc_ident:-Unknown compiler})"