diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 416bfb0..50c76ef 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.9
+0.5.10
diff --git a/cmdutils.c b/cmdutils.c
index 108eacc..f1e5352 100644
--- a/cmdutils.c
+++ b/cmdutils.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 AVFormatContext *avformat_opts;
 struct SwsContext *sws_opts;
 
-const int this_year = 2009;
+const int this_year = 2012;
 
 double parse_number_or_die(const char *context, const char *numstr, int type, double min, double max)
 {