diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
index cf67899dfb0..61b6f5b1cea 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h
@@ -44,9 +44,8 @@ extern "C" {
 #define BLENDER_VERSION         264
 #define BLENDER_SUBVERSION      4
 
-/* 262 was the last editmesh release but its has compatibility code for bmesh data,
- * so set the minversion to 2.61 */
-#define BLENDER_MINVERSION      261
+/* 262 was the last editmesh release but it has compatibility code for bmesh data */
+#define BLENDER_MINVERSION      262
 #define BLENDER_MINSUBVERSION   0
 
 /* used by packaging tools */