diff --git a/LICENSE.rst b/LICENSE.rst
index 0a02d7994ed6406217d81b228b159581e06baeac..9b0f9570ea7d9d397216395320efd2515bcce746 100644
--- a/LICENSE.rst
+++ b/LICENSE.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2009-2015 by Leiden University Medical Center and contributors
+Copyright (c) 2009-2016 by Leiden University Medical Center and contributors
 (see the AUTHORS.rst file for details).
 
 The Mutalyzer source code is licensed under the `GNU Affero General Public
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 540bc7cce4cd49590033f77bfd34cf5131bf10fc..9c1af06475cceaab04634eca9b305bdbb585191d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Please refer to the documentation for `more information on contributions
 Copyright
 ---------
 
-Mutalyzer is copyright (c) 2009-2015 by Leiden University Medical Center and
+Mutalyzer is copyright (c) 2009-2016 by Leiden University Medical Center and
 contributors (see the AUTHORS.rst file for details).
 
 Mutalyzer is licensed under the `GNU Affero General Public License