diff --git a/sumpy/version.py b/sumpy/version.py
index d311f19b4bad064bda0fe5e8a23365145faa80d9..6f6749a94321277ba00f8f5c7fc7f75976671c41 100644
--- a/sumpy/version.py
+++ b/sumpy/version.py
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 """
 
 
-VERSION = (2014, 1)
+VERSION = (2016, 1)
 VERSION_STATUS = "beta1"
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS