diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f7a498801..5eae4a2ca 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ define(_CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR, 12)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION, 1)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD, 0)
 define(_CLIENT_VERSION_IS_RELEASE, true)
-define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2016)
+define(_COPYRIGHT_YEAR, 2018)
 AC_INIT([Bitcoin Core],[_CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR._CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR._CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION],[https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/issues],[bitcoin])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/main.cpp])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([src/config/bitcoin-config.h])
diff --git a/src/clientversion.h b/src/clientversion.h
index e929c1f48..760755564 100644
--- a/src/clientversion.h
+++ b/src/clientversion.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  * Copyright year (2009-this)
  * Todo: update this when changing our copyright comments in the source
  */
-#define COPYRIGHT_YEAR 2017
+#define COPYRIGHT_YEAR 2018
 
 #endif //HAVE_CONFIG_H