diff --git a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/ApiVersion.pm b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/ApiVersion.pm
index 9f8e5592b94033f2227c7931908581ca34f52928..2a6ffae47923428bf9418e7ed87f067ea70dbdc0 100644
--- a/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/ApiVersion.pm
+++ b/modules/Bio/EnsEMBL/ApiVersion.pm
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ use base qw( Exporter );
 
 our @EXPORT = qw( software_version );
 
-my $API_VERSION = 61;
+my $API_VERSION = 62;
 
 sub software_version { return $API_VERSION }