diff --git a/configs/callbacks/model_checkpoint.yaml b/configs/callbacks/model_checkpoint.yaml
index bf946e88b..e521da772 100644
--- a/configs/callbacks/model_checkpoint.yaml
+++ b/configs/callbacks/model_checkpoint.yaml
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ model_checkpoint:
   train_time_interval: null # checkpoints are monitored at the specified time interval
   every_n_epochs: null # number of epochs between checkpoints
   save_on_train_epoch_end: null # whether to run checkpointing at the end of the training epoch or the end of validation
+  enable_version_counter: True # enables versioning for checkpoint names