diff --git a/youtube_dl/version.py b/youtube_dl/version.py
index 1420af7467..89707ceef8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/version.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-__version__ = '2014.12.17.2'
+__version__ = '2015.01.01'