diff --git a/net/nginx-util/Makefile b/net/nginx-util/Makefile
index 52cdbb4ea..ce08d6628 100644
--- a/net/nginx-util/Makefile
+++ b/net/nginx-util/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=nginx-util
 PKG_VERSION:=1.6
-PKG_RELEASE:=16
+PKG_RELEASE:=17
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Peter Stadler <peter.stadler@student.uibk.ac.at>
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
diff --git a/net/nginx-util/files/uci.conf.template b/net/nginx-util/files/uci.conf.template
index 406ddb4cc..b56b1119e 100644
--- a/net/nginx-util/files/uci.conf.template
+++ b/net/nginx-util/files/uci.conf.template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Consider using UCI or creating files in /etc/nginx/conf.d/ for configuration.
 # Parsing UCI configuration is skipped if uci set nginx.global.uci_enable=false
 # For details see: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/webserver/nginx
+# UCI_CONF_VERSION=1.1
 
 worker_processes auto;