diff --git a/src/common/slurm_protocol_common.h b/src/common/slurm_protocol_common.h
index 1b2685a740c7197a93d0bfcfb5c739c90f5e3d67..ecd78e098a56b3feb8174d66c6293dd218b5901d 100644
--- a/src/common/slurm_protocol_common.h
+++ b/src/common/slurm_protocol_common.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #define SLURM_PROTOCOL_MAX_MESSAGE_BUFFER_SIZE (512*1024)
 
 /* slurm protocol header defines */ 
-#define SLURM_PROTOCOL_VERSION 2
+#define SLURM_PROTOCOL_VERSION 3
 
 /* used to set flags to empty */
 #define SLURM_PROTOCOL_NO_FLAGS 0