diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 4c31a50871de6b218e00f79f22ecb9f32856a060..aa0d82618f14c94151544871cd969ffb84b381f4 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Curl and libcurl 7.16.1
  Number of public functions in libcurl:    54
  Amount of public web site mirrors:        37
  Number of known libcurl bindings:         35
- Number of contributors:                   515
+ Number of contributors:                   524
 
 This release includes the following changes: