diff --git a/asdf.lisp b/asdf.lisp
index 0fdbc0db09c8a70154905e1ba7bf8bc3f710c384..876823cd5e955d138f79725498319864121efbab 100644
--- a/asdf.lisp
+++ b/asdf.lisp
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
   ;; This parameter isn't actually user-visible
   ;; -- please use the exported function ASDF:ASDF-VERSION below.
   ;; the 1+ hair is to ensure that we don't do an inadvertent find and replace
-  (subseq "VERSION:1.626" (1+ (length "VERSION"))))
+  (subseq "VERSION:1.627" (1+ (length "VERSION"))))
 
 (defun asdf-version ()
   "Exported interface to the version of ASDF currently installed. A string.