diff --git a/scripts/maint/updateCopyright.pl b/scripts/maint/updateCopyright.pl
index 8bd6a1821..beb0b8f26 100755
--- a/scripts/maint/updateCopyright.pl
+++ b/scripts/maint/updateCopyright.pl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -i -w -p
 
-$NEWYEAR=2016;
+$NEWYEAR=2017;
 
-s/Copyright(.*) (201[^6]), The Tor Project/Copyright$1 $2-${NEWYEAR}, The Tor Project/;
+s/Copyright(.*) (201[^7]), The Tor Project/Copyright$1 $2-${NEWYEAR}, The Tor Project/;
 
 s/Copyright(.*)-(20..), The Tor Project/Copyright$1-${NEWYEAR}, The Tor Project/;