diff --git a/requests/__init__.py b/requests/__init__.py
index bd5b5b97..1218d432 100644
--- a/requests/__init__.py
+++ b/requests/__init__.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ __version__ = '2.9.1'
 __build__ = 0x020901
 __author__ = 'Kenneth Reitz'
 __license__ = 'Apache 2.0'
-__copyright__ = 'Copyright 2015 Kenneth Reitz'
+__copyright__ = 'Copyright 2016 Kenneth Reitz'
 
 # Attempt to enable urllib3's SNI support, if possible
 try: