diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 82f489a06..ba45d84bb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 8)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 99)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, false)
-define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2013)
+define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2014)
 AC_INIT([Bitcoin],[_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR._CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR._CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION],[info@bitcoin.org],[bitcoin])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([src/build-aux])
 AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([src/m4])