diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index d3c76bf0..8710b424 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ PKG_CHECK_MODULES(XAPIAN,xapian-core >= 1.4,[
 # note that MU_STORE_SCHEMA_VERSION does not follow mu versioning, as we
 # hopefully don't have updates for each version; also, this has nothing to do
 # with Xapian's software version
-AC_DEFINE(MU_STORE_SCHEMA_VERSION,["452"],['Schema' version of the database])
+AC_DEFINE(MU_STORE_SCHEMA_VERSION,["453"],['Schema' version of the database])
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diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e711b6fa..e8521677 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ endforeach
 # config.h setup
 #
 config_h_data=configuration_data()
-config_h_data.set_quoted('MU_STORE_SCHEMA_VERSION', '452')
+config_h_data.set_quoted('MU_STORE_SCHEMA_VERSION', '453')
 config_h_data.set_quoted('PACKAGE_VERSION', meson.project_version())
 config_h_data.set_quoted('PACKAGE_STRING', meson.project_name() + ' ' +
                                            meson.project_version())