diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/ApiVersion.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/ApiVersion.pm
index aa2978245ec206dd2a4aa9c52fe8d860f31c46f1..102d4a81202d088fdce0d70738b08a21f04fc4d6 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/ApiVersion.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/ApiVersion.pm
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ use base qw( Exporter );
 
 our @EXPORT = qw( software_version );
 
-my $API_VERSION = 74;
+my $API_VERSION = 75;
 
 sub software_version { return $API_VERSION }