diff --git a/cmdutils.c b/cmdutils.c
index e8f1732416..8ee2cddf68 100644
--- a/cmdutils.c
+++ b/cmdutils.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 struct SwsContext *sws_opts;
 AVDictionary *format_opts, *codec_opts;
 
-static const int this_year = 2011;
+static const int this_year = 2012;
 
 void init_opts(void)
 {