diff --git a/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf b/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
index a3384eebc3..e767255d71 100644
--- a/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
+++ b/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@version: 3.9
+@version: 3.10
 
 source s_sys {
 	file("/proc/kmsg" program_override("kernel"));
diff --git a/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk b/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk
index 325fac5842..2b6f2c09e9 100644
--- a/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk
+++ b/package/syslog-ng/syslog-ng.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
+# When updating the version, please check at runtime if the version in
+# syslog-ng.conf header needs to be updated
 SYSLOG_NG_VERSION = 3.10.1
 SYSLOG_NG_SITE = https://github.com/balabit/syslog-ng/releases/download/syslog-ng-$(SYSLOG_NG_VERSION)
 SYSLOG_NG_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+ (syslog-ng core), GPL-2.0+ (modules)