diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Registry.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/Registry.pm
index f3ef64106930c7cb65ec27195a5f0bccf7005db6..d310f0ac4f56298be6771bd75d03951879155ee6 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 = 40;
+my $API_VERSION = 41;
 
 
 =head2 load_all