diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4963c50dac..56e645e423 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -7397,7 +7397,7 @@ cat > $TMPH <<EOF
 #define FFMPEG_CONFIG_H
 #define FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION "$(c_escape $FFMPEG_CONFIGURATION)"
 #define FFMPEG_LICENSE "$(c_escape $license)"
-#define CONFIG_THIS_YEAR 2020
+#define CONFIG_THIS_YEAR 2021
 #define FFMPEG_DATADIR "$(eval c_escape $datadir)"
 #define AVCONV_DATADIR "$(eval c_escape $datadir)"
 #define CC_IDENT "$(c_escape ${cc_ident:-Unknown compiler})"