diff --git a/plugins/autopeering/autopeering.go b/plugins/autopeering/autopeering.go
index 49a78a06a472c99dd2520676324c54fc8061df68..454de0597502587b8c865f3d88708dd5086275c0 100644
--- a/plugins/autopeering/autopeering.go
+++ b/plugins/autopeering/autopeering.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import (
 // autopeering constants
 const (
 	ProtocolVersion = 0 // update on protocol changes
-	NetworkVersion  = 3 // update on network changes
+	NetworkVersion  = 4 // update on network changes
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/plugins/database/versioning.go b/plugins/database/versioning.go
index 68b367b275958074535a8d2eef676a168f2c7ea2..ae813821e61ccb569ee546b0382ad6cd9898d8c1 100644
--- a/plugins/database/versioning.go
+++ b/plugins/database/versioning.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	// DBVersion defines the version of the database schema this version of GoShimmer supports.
 	// Every time there's a breaking change regarding the stored data, this version flag should be adjusted.
-	DBVersion = 4
+	DBVersion = 5
 )
 
 var (