diff --git a/src/main/msp/msp_protocol.h b/src/main/msp/msp_protocol.h
index b8108d3814..64c85896eb 100644
--- a/src/main/msp/msp_protocol.h
+++ b/src/main/msp/msp_protocol.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 #define MSP_PROTOCOL_VERSION                0
 
 #define API_VERSION_MAJOR                   1 // increment when major changes are made
-#define API_VERSION_MINOR                   24 // increment when any change is made, reset to zero when major changes are released after changing API_VERSION_MAJOR
+#define API_VERSION_MINOR                   25 // increment after a release, to set the version for all changes to go into the following release (if no changes to MSP are made between the releases, this can be reverted before the release)
 
 #define API_VERSION_LENGTH                  2