diff --git a/panda/src/putil/bam.h b/panda/src/putil/bam.h
index 863b2ac3b3..685d5b0697 100644
--- a/panda/src/putil/bam.h
+++ b/panda/src/putil/bam.h
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ static const unsigned short _bam_major_ver = 4;
 // Bumped to major version 3 on 12/8/00 to change float64's to float32's.
 // Bumped to major version 4 on 4/10/02 to store new scene graph.
 
-static const unsigned short _bam_minor_ver = 16;
-// Bumped to minor version 1 on 4/10/03 to add CullFaceAttrib::reverse.
+static const unsigned short _bam_minor_ver = 17;
 // Bumped to minor version 1 on 4/10/03 to add CullFaceAttrib::reverse.
 // Bumped to minor version 2 on 4/12/03 to add num_components to texture.
 // Bumped to minor version 3 on 4/15/03 to add ImageBuffer::_alpha_file_channel