diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/db-utils.ts b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/db-utils.ts
index af337d573..9f18ed9be 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/db-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/db-utils.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ export async function openTalerDatabase(
     switch (currentMainVersion) {
       case "taler-wallet-main-v2":
       case "taler-wallet-main-v3":
+      case "taler-wallet-main-v4": // temporary, we might migrate v4 later
         // We consider this a pre-release
         // development version, no migration is done.
         await metaDb
diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/db.ts b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/db.ts
index 9c57a79c1..9d41f2114 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/db.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/db.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ import { Event, IDBDatabase } from "@gnu-taler/idb-bridge";
  * for all previous versions must be written, which should be
  * avoided.
  */
-export const TALER_DB_NAME = "taler-wallet-main-v4";
+export const TALER_DB_NAME = "taler-wallet-main-v5";
 
 /**
  * Name of the metadata database.  This database is used