diff --git a/youtube_dl/version.py b/youtube_dl/version.py
index 4d3adbf61..fb1bcdee1 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/version.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-__version__ = '2014.12.15'
+__version__ = '2014.12.16'