diff --git a/hsmtools/castor_tools.py b/hsmtools/castor_tools.py
index f7883b54bdbed6fd48cb23fb72633962aaafc326..15f42784f3070e1851eda90dccfba95bd909bdba 100644
--- a/hsmtools/castor_tools.py
+++ b/hsmtools/castor_tools.py
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def connectToStager():
 
 def connectToNS():
     '''Connects to the nameserver database'''
-    NSSCHEMAVERSION = "2_1_9_3"
+    NSSCHEMAVERSION = "2_1_13_0"
     user, passwd, dbname = getNSDBConnectParam('NSCONFIG')
     return connectToDB(user, passwd, dbname, NSSCHEMAVERSION)