diff --git a/polkadot/runtime/westend/src/lib.rs b/polkadot/runtime/westend/src/lib.rs
index 1780787a3d..60d7312ef7 100644
--- a/polkadot/runtime/westend/src/lib.rs
+++ b/polkadot/runtime/westend/src/lib.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ pub const VERSION: RuntimeVersion = RuntimeVersion {
 	spec_name: create_runtime_str!("westend"),
 	impl_name: create_runtime_str!("parity-westend"),
 	authoring_version: 2,
-	spec_version: 44,
+	spec_version: 45,
 	impl_version: 1,
 	#[cfg(not(feature = "disable-runtime-api"))]
 	apis: RUNTIME_API_VERSIONS,