diff --git a/bindings/java/version.properties b/bindings/java/version.properties
index 931093bf..e6fa48db 100644
--- a/bindings/java/version.properties
+++ b/bindings/java/version.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-copyright.year=2004-2008
+copyright.year=2004-2009
 version.major=1
 version.minor=6
 version.maint=2