diff --git a/polkadot/runtime/src/lib.rs b/polkadot/runtime/src/lib.rs
index 54562b1f87..57c984bf23 100644
--- a/polkadot/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/polkadot/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ pub const VERSION: RuntimeVersion = RuntimeVersion {
 	spec_name: create_runtime_str!("kusama"),
 	impl_name: create_runtime_str!("parity-kusama"),
 	authoring_version: 1,
-	spec_version: 1000,
+	spec_version: 1001,
 	impl_version: 0,
 	apis: RUNTIME_API_VERSIONS,
 };