diff --git a/README b/README
index 679b51e10..a85db5353 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ doubt, this particular copy of the software is released
 under the version 2 of the GNU General Public License.
 MySQL Connector/Net is brought to you by Oracle.
 
-Copyright (c) 2004, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2004, 2016, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 
 License information can be found in the COPYING file.