diff --git a/omemo/backend/liteaxolotlstore.py b/omemo/backend/liteaxolotlstore.py
index 8807929d0934afd3ba7eed16101d759d174a4872..231969e780cc5ef988297cc7770f82580e2a27c3 100644
--- a/omemo/backend/liteaxolotlstore.py
+++ b/omemo/backend/liteaxolotlstore.py
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class LiteAxolotlStore(AxolotlStore):
             create_db_sql = """
                 BEGIN TRANSACTION;
                 %s
-                PRAGMA user_version=6;
+                PRAGMA user_version=8;
                 END TRANSACTION;
                 """ % (create_tables)
             self._con.executescript(create_db_sql)