diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 172611bb4a..fca17e6d9c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7155,7 +7155,7 @@ cat > $TMPH <<EOF
 #define FFMPEG_CONFIG_H
 #define FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION "$(c_escape $FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION)"
 #define FFMPEG_LICENSE "$(c_escape $license)"
-#define CONFIG_THIS_YEAR 2018
+#define CONFIG_THIS_YEAR 2019
 #define FFMPEG_DATADIR "$(eval c_escape $datadir)"
 #define AVCONV_DATADIR "$(eval c_escape $datadir)"
 #define CC_IDENT "$(c_escape ${cc_ident:-Unknown compiler})"