diff --git a/includes/password.inc b/includes/password.inc
index 13659f8c7fe..a4b96336294 100644
--- a/includes/password.inc
+++ b/includes/password.inc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  * increase by 1 every Drupal version in order to counteract increases in the
  * speed and power of computers available to crack the hashes.
  */
-define('DRUPAL_HASH_COUNT', 14);
+define('DRUPAL_HASH_COUNT', 16);
 
 /**
  * The minimum allowed log2 number of iterations for password stretching.