diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h
index ae0a669bfb3..6ea113d8828 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender_version.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ extern "C" {
 /* Minimum Blender version that supports reading file written with the current
  * version. Older Blender versions will test this and show a warning if the file
  * was written with too new a version. */
-#define BLENDER_FILE_MIN_VERSION 280
+#define BLENDER_FILE_MIN_VERSION 290
 #define BLENDER_FILE_MIN_SUBVERSION 0
 
 /** User readable version string. */