diff --git a/polkadot/runtime/westend/src/lib.rs b/polkadot/runtime/westend/src/lib.rs
index d58289da92..9d9b5bcca6 100644
--- a/polkadot/runtime/westend/src/lib.rs
+++ b/polkadot/runtime/westend/src/lib.rs
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ pub const VERSION: RuntimeVersion = RuntimeVersion {
 	spec_name: create_runtime_str!("westend"),
 	impl_name: create_runtime_str!("parity-westend"),
 	authoring_version: 2,
-	spec_version: 7,
+	spec_version: 8,
 	impl_version: 0,
 	apis: RUNTIME_API_VERSIONS,
 	transaction_version: 1,