diff --git a/src/libexpr/eval-cache.cc b/src/libexpr/eval-cache.cc
index 3a92f2815..a1cb162ee 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/eval-cache.cc
+++ b/src/libexpr/eval-cache.cc
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ struct AttrDb
     {
         auto state(_state->lock());
 
-        Path cacheDir = getCacheDir() + "/nix/eval-cache-v2";
+        Path cacheDir = getCacheDir() + "/nix/eval-cache-v3";
         createDirs(cacheDir);
 
         Path dbPath = cacheDir + "/" + fingerprint.to_string(Base16, false) + ".sqlite";