diff --git a/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c b/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
index 422d39f03666463cf1b793c735616db6bf3cd64e..a32c022df89fa628f79c50a85307ea73084f1bb9 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 #define JOB_HASH_INX(_job_id)	(_job_id % hash_table_size)
 
 /* Change JOB_STATE_VERSION value when changing the state save format */
-#define JOB_STATE_VERSION      "VER007"
+#define JOB_STATE_VERSION      "VER008" /*already changed for slurm2.1 */
 
 #define JOB_CKPT_VERSION      "JOB_CKPT_001"