diff --git a/asdf.lisp b/asdf.lisp
index fc028d37f1bb91bbb1d2fdf29d2c6abc8209db5d..4c44af0b74a584053f256fc252c8a8825d906917 100644
--- a/asdf.lisp
+++ b/asdf.lisp
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
 (eval-when (:load-toplevel :compile-toplevel :execute)
   (let* ((asdf-version ;; the 1+ helps the version bumping script discriminate
-          (subseq "VERSION:2.005" (1+ (length "VERSION")))) ; NB: same as 2.120
+          (subseq "VERSION:2.120" (1+ (length "VERSION"))))
          (existing-asdf (find-package :asdf))
          (vername '#:*asdf-version*)
          (versym (and existing-asdf