diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d6d3466b8..4e1442f07 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ XC_OVR_ZZ60
 CURL_OVERRIDE_AUTOCONF
 
 dnl configure script copyright
-AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright (c) 1998 - 2014 Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>
+AC_COPYRIGHT([Copyright (c) 1998 - 2016 Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>
 This configure script may be copied, distributed and modified under the
 terms of the curl license; see COPYING for more details])