diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py b/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py
index 213faee135f4..e1d9e81681c8 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/font_manager.py
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ class FontManager(object):
     # Increment this version number whenever the font cache data
     # format or behavior has changed and requires a existing font
     # cache files to be rebuilt.
-    __version__ = 200
+    __version__ = 201
 
     def __init__(self, size=None, weight='normal'):
         self._version = self.__version__