diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/bblayers.conf.sample b/meta-phosphor/conf/bblayers.conf.sample
index 7d9607d..559f3bf 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/bblayers.conf.sample
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/bblayers.conf.sample
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # LAYER_CONF_VERSION is increased each time build/conf/bblayers.conf
 # changes incompatibly
-LCONF_VERSION = "7"
+LCONF_VERSION = "8"
 
 BBPATH = "${TOPDIR}"
 BBFILES ?= ""
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc
index 9edd238..1908118 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/distro/include/phosphor-base.inc
@@ -154,3 +154,4 @@
 # make sense on a BMC anyway.
 BAD_RECOMMENDATIONS_pn-obmc-phosphor-image = "udev-hwdb"
 
+LAYER_CONF_VERSION = "8"