diff --git a/META b/META
index 2d3f997bc4ed9ff6fa09226bf341f5654ba73b3d..568eba88e42a7d27dad90fb515a42e524db8cf0a 100644
--- a/META
+++ b/META
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@
 #  In src/common/slurm_protocol_util.c check_header_version(),
 #  and _get_slurm_version()
 #  need to be updated also when changes are added also.
+#
+#  NOTE: The API version can not be the same as the Slurm version above.  The
+#        version in the code is referenced as a uint16_t which if 1312 was the
+#        API_CURRENT it would go over the limit.  So keep is a relatively
+#        small number.
 ##
-  API_CURRENT:	1312
+  API_CURRENT:	27
   API_AGE:	0
   API_REVISION:	0