diff --git a/board/drivers/spi.h b/board/drivers/spi.h
index 5f171110..af9dd8a5 100644
--- a/board/drivers/spi.h
+++ b/board/drivers/spi.h
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ uint16_t spi_version_packet(uint8_t *out) {
   data_len += 1U;
 
   // SPI protocol version
-  out[data_pos + data_len] = 0x1;
+  out[data_pos + data_len] = 0x2;
   data_len += 1U;
 
   // data length
diff --git a/python/spi.py b/python/spi.py
index c6f3fd5b..abba7940 100644
--- a/python/spi.py
+++ b/python/spi.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class PandaSpiHandle(BaseHandle):
   A class that mimics a libusb1 handle for panda SPI communications.
   """
 
-  PROTOCOL_VERSION = 1
+  PROTOCOL_VERSION = 2
 
   def __init__(self) -> None:
     self.dev = SpiDevice()