diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/OMWriter.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/OMWriter.cc
index 9c32282f..bb9910d0 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/OMWriter.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Core/IO/writer/OMWriter.cc
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ _OMWriter_& OMWriter() { return __OMWriterInstance; }
 
 
 const OMFormat::uchar _OMWriter_::magic_[3] = "OM";
-const OMFormat::uint8 _OMWriter_::version_  = OMFormat::mk_version(1,2);
+const OMFormat::uint8 _OMWriter_::version_  = OMFormat::mk_version(2,0);
 
 
 _OMWriter_::