diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 9730e65322f..e55429eacd7 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
  * network protocol versioning
  */
 
-static const int PROTOCOL_VERSION = 70026;
+static const int PROTOCOL_VERSION = 70027;
 
 //! initial proto version, to be increased after version/verack negotiation
 static const int INIT_PROTO_VERSION = 209;