diff --git a/sql/tables.sql b/sql/tables.sql
index d99abbf2b3acd3b6443f1e8c86961e83eeadb653..d69606e459dc7b826fa1557f7e9cd1a60406a090 100644
--- a/sql/tables.sql
+++ b/sql/tables.sql
@@ -424,5 +424,5 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS analysis_description (
 
 
 # Auto add schema version to database (should be overridden by Compara's table.sql)
-INSERT IGNORE INTO meta (species_id, meta_key, meta_value) VALUES (NULL, "schema_version", "59");
+INSERT IGNORE INTO meta (species_id, meta_key, meta_value) VALUES (NULL, 'schema_version', '60');