diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
index 0c3c439dd..80571fb05 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-linux.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ packages:
 - "faketime"
 - "bsdmainutils"
 - "binutils-gold"
-reference_datetime: "2015-06-01 00:00:00"
+reference_datetime: "2016-01-01 00:00:00"
 remotes:
 - "url": "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git"
   "dir": "bitcoin"
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml
index aa9494b7e..5b52c492f 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx-signer.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ architectures:
 packages:
 - "libc6:i386"
 - "faketime"
-reference_datetime: "2015-06-01 00:00:00"
+reference_datetime: "2016-01-01 00:00:00"
 remotes:
 - "url": "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin-detached-sigs.git"
   "dir": "signature"
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
index 9ac774c8a..8064804b9 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-osx.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ packages:
 - "libcap-dev"
 - "libz-dev"
 - "libbz2-dev"
-reference_datetime: "2015-06-01 00:00:00"
+reference_datetime: "2016-01-01 00:00:00"
 remotes:
 - "url": "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git"
   "dir": "bitcoin"
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win-signer.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win-signer.yml
index a29d7ab47..27c4f01eb 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win-signer.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win-signer.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ architectures:
 packages:
 - "libssl-dev"
 - "autoconf"
-reference_datetime: "2015-06-01 00:00:00"
+reference_datetime: "2016-01-01 00:00:00"
 remotes:
 - "url": "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin-detached-sigs.git"
   "dir": "signature"
diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
index 6bb482d45..1475cd7eb 100644
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ packages:
 - "g++-mingw-w64"
 - "nsis"
 - "zip"
-reference_datetime: "2015-06-01 00:00:00"
+reference_datetime: "2016-01-01 00:00:00"
 remotes:
 - "url": "https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin.git"
   "dir": "bitcoin"