diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Registry.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Registry.pm
index 570b8b2a5c72e208161dba805db6bbb365723a27..c02b46b8ee9f0251e66e0465184ea6f0948a5fa0 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Registry.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Registry.pm
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ use DBI;
 
 use vars qw(%registry_register);
 
-my $API_VERSION = 43;
+my $API_VERSION = 44;
 
 
 =head2 load_all