diff --git a/contrib/ChangeLog b/contrib/ChangeLog
index 3d5b3fca7c5..eaccdbdeee9 100644
--- a/contrib/ChangeLog
+++ b/contrib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 2013-02-04  Richard Sandiford  <rdsandiford@googlemail.com>
 
-	* update-copyright.pl: New file.
+	* update-copyright.py: New file.
 
 2013-01-15  David Blaikie <dblaikie@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/contrib/update-copyright.pl b/contrib/update-copyright.py
similarity index 100%
rename from contrib/update-copyright.pl
rename to contrib/update-copyright.py