diff --git a/src/app/app_version.h.in b/src/app/app_version.h.in
index b48d6bee4c1..0e622901e13 100644
--- a/src/app/app_version.h.in
+++ b/src/app/app_version.h.in
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ namespace Constants {
 
 const char * const IDE_VERSION_LONG      = IDE_VERSION_STR;
 const char * const IDE_AUTHOR            = \"The Qt Company Ltd\";
-const char * const IDE_YEAR              = \"2016\";
+const char * const IDE_YEAR              = \"2017\";
 
 #ifdef IDE_VERSION_DESCRIPTION
 const char * const IDE_VERSION_DESCRIPTION_STR = STRINGIFY(IDE_VERSION_DESCRIPTION);