diff --git a/meta/conf/sanity.conf b/meta/conf/sanity.conf
index abe5eee01e..8c3e54129d 100644
--- a/meta/conf/sanity.conf
+++ b/meta/conf/sanity.conf
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ BB_MIN_VERSION = "1.8.10"
 SANITY_ABIFILE = "${TMPDIR}/abi_version"
 
 POKY_CONF_VERSION  = "1"
-LAYER_CONF_VERSION = "1"
+LAYER_CONF_VERSION = "2"
 SITE_CONF_VERSION  = "1"
 
 INHERIT += "sanity"