diff --git a/.pydevproject b/.pydevproject
index 1d5708bb48..509137a36a 100644
--- a/.pydevproject
+++ b/.pydevproject
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <?eclipse-pydev version="1.0"?>
 
 <pydev_project>
-<pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_VERSION">python 2.5</pydev_property>
+<pydev_property name="org.python.pydev.PYTHON_PROJECT_VERSION">python 2.6</pydev_property>
 <pydev_pathproperty name="org.python.pydev.PROJECT_SOURCE_PATH">
 <path>/calibre-pluginize/src</path>
 </pydev_pathproperty>