diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 1755b534..4662bab6 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2012-2016 joshua stein <jcs@jcs.org>
+Copyright (c) 2012-2017 joshua stein <jcs@jcs.org>
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions