diff --git a/rules/falco_rules.yaml b/rules/falco_rules.yaml
index 5bdbac5b..8ecf64a2 100644
--- a/rules/falco_rules.yaml
+++ b/rules/falco_rules.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2019 The Falco Authors.
+# Copyright (C) 2020 The Falco Authors.
 #
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # change to this rules file, we'll uncomment this line and set it to
 # the falco engine version in use at the time.
 #
-#- required_engine_version: 2
+- required_engine_version: 7
 
 # Currently disabled as read/write are ignored syscalls. The nearly
 # similar open_write/open_read check for files being opened for
diff --git a/userspace/engine/falco_engine_version.h b/userspace/engine/falco_engine_version.h
index 9dec3cd4..2b726932 100644
--- a/userspace/engine/falco_engine_version.h
+++ b/userspace/engine/falco_engine_version.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright (C) 2019 The Falco Authors.
+Copyright (C) 2020 The Falco Authors.
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 // The version of rules/filter fields/etc supported by this falco
 // engine.
-#define FALCO_ENGINE_VERSION (6)
+#define FALCO_ENGINE_VERSION (7)
 
 // This is the result of running "falco --list -N | sha256sum" and
 // represents the fields supported by this version of falco. It's used