diff --git a/docs/schema_description/schema_description.html b/docs/schema_description/schema_description.html
index 9c72127c3ef54ea4fe89f3b7148cefa63482e54e..3868735355fd86deaa27c5d442f10f2936ac793c 100644
--- a/docs/schema_description/schema_description.html
+++ b/docs/schema_description/schema_description.html
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
             </tr>
          </table>
       </p>
-      <p>This document refers to version <strong>38</strong> of the EnsEMBL core schema.
+      <p>This document refers to version <strong>41</strong> of the EnsEMBL core schema.
       </p>
       <hr>
       <p>Quick links to tables:</p>
diff --git a/sql/table.sql b/sql/table.sql
index 734f75a7f3c1d4cd1b784e6cd95e99a9b9eabe82..dcf995de83d05b535235b440daa8796747dc0c91 100755
--- a/sql/table.sql
+++ b/sql/table.sql
@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ CREATE TABLE meta (
 
 
 # Auto add schema version to database
-INSERT INTO meta (meta_key, meta_value) VALUES ("schema_version", "40");
+INSERT INTO meta (meta_key, meta_value) VALUES ("schema_version", "41");
 
 # patches included in this schema file
 INSERT INTO meta (meta_key, meta_value) VALUES ('patch', 'patch_39_40_a.sql|rationalise_key_columns');