diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 3be067aed..3908a9e0d 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-Copyright (c) 2014 by Contributors 
+Copyright (c) 2016 by Contributors
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 You may obtain a copy of the License at
-    
+
    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 
 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ef08063e6..edcb68043 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ XGBoost has been developed and used by a group of active community members. Your
 
 License
 -------
-© Contributors, 2015. Licensed under an [Apache-2](https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/blob/master/LICENSE) license.
+© Contributors, 2016. Licensed under an [Apache-2](https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/blob/master/LICENSE) license.
 
 
 Reference
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 9de8930fc..b2f82e726 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ for mod_name in MOCK_MODULES:
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'xgboost'
 author = u'%s developers' % project
-copyright = u'2015, %s' % author
+copyright = u'2016, %s' % author
 github_doc_root = 'https://github.com/dmlc/xgboost/tree/master/doc/'
 
 # add markdown parser