diff --git a/beeref/fileio/sql.py b/beeref/fileio/sql.py
index de98686..9e2a2b5 100644
--- a/beeref/fileio/sql.py
+++ b/beeref/fileio/sql.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class SQLiteIO:
 
         version = self.fetchone('PRAGMA user_version')[0]
         logger.debug(f'Found bee file version: {version}')
-        if version == USER_VERSION:
+        if version >= USER_VERSION:
             logger.debug('Version ok; no migrations necessary')
             return