diff --git a/sumpy/version.py b/sumpy/version.py
index e35df47d91e17fa66f1038dd42e795f4c57be442..0efa5f08fbea794b5b10e5f1fcb05451d9956433 100644
--- a/sumpy/version.py
+++ b/sumpy/version.py
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ VERSION = (2016, 1)
 VERSION_STATUS = "beta1"
 VERSION_TEXT = ".".join(str(x) for x in VERSION) + VERSION_STATUS
 
-KERNEL_VERSION = 20
+KERNEL_VERSION = 23