diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 61d21e5ef77d32183898d8bcfea8962a2a5f2bd1..ee58d84ec4511e9a24e4fd14d629cbdcd18ed54c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # v0.97:
 
-* _TBA_
+* Changed copyright in connection properties to better reflect the current situation
+  * also, noted that in [README](README.md).
 
 # v0.96:
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 49f7db9a17447b2c5cdd63e1f0d07e254cb9547c..edfee7a9c546e063580bb439f3c9c6e04ce6a4a6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,3 +48,11 @@ if you need every CPU cycle you can get.
 * channel flow mechanism is not supported (#11)
 * _confirm=True_ is not available if you're not RabbitMQ (#8)
 * no Windows support (#9)
+
+
+## Copyright holder change
+
+Since SMOK sp. z o.o. was incorporated, it inherited all SMOK-related
+IP of previous operator of the service, DMS Serwis s.c., which
+continues to operate within it's designated company agreement.
+From there stems the copyright holder name change.
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diff --git a/coolamqp/uplink/handshake.py b/coolamqp/uplink/handshake.py
index 233862747f03020a01e4599cc2a8569516290ef9..1e5751c6d5dfd058c4cff9aa1a070d09ebbf9856 100644
--- a/coolamqp/uplink/handshake.py
+++ b/coolamqp/uplink/handshake.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ CLIENT_DATA = [
     # these fields to be of type short-string
     (b'product', (b'CoolAMQP', 'S')),
     (b'version', (b'0.97a1', 'S')),
-    (b'copyright', (b'Copyright (C) 2016-2017 DMS Serwis', 'S')),
+    (b'copyright', (b'Copyright (C) 2016-2019 SMOK sp. z o.o.', 'S')),
     (
         b'information', (
             b'Licensed under the MIT License.\nSee https://github.com/smok-serwis/coolamqp for details',