diff --git a/lib/system/compilation.nim b/lib/system/compilation.nim
index cdb976ed53..a5ea44a1ff 100644
--- a/lib/system/compilation.nim
+++ b/lib/system/compilation.nim
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const
     ##   ```
     # see also std/private/since
 
-  NimMinor* {.intdefine.}: int = 2
+  NimMinor* {.intdefine.}: int = 3
     ## is the minor number of Nim's version.
     ## Odd for devel, even for releases.