diff --git a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
index c1925b2..cfda40d 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sstate.bbclass
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SSTATE_VERSION = "2"
+SSTATE_VERSION = "3"
 
 SSTATE_MANIFESTS ?= "${TMPDIR}/sstate-control"
 SSTATE_MANFILEBASE = "${SSTATE_MANIFESTS}/manifest-${SSTATE_MANMACH}-"