diff --git a/third_party/xla/xla/python/xla_client.py b/third_party/xla/xla/python/xla_client.py
index ca7f749aade67c..d49fcdafb1ca5e 100644
--- a/third_party/xla/xla/python/xla_client.py
+++ b/third_party/xla/xla/python/xla_client.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 # Just an internal arbitrary increasing number to help with backward-compatible
 # changes. In JAX, reference this via jax._src.lib.xla_extension_version.
-_version = 271
+_version = 272
 
 # Version number for MLIR:Python components.
 mlir_api_version = 57