Hi, The syntax has changed in org-9, see http://orgmode.org/manual/Header-arguments-in-Org-mode-properties.html#Header-arguments-in-Org-mode-properties
The following seems to fix your example: :HEADER-ARGS: :var foo="bar" Andreas Mueller writes: > Hello > > The attached example seems to be broken with latest org from ELPA > (org-20170210). > > I can reproduce it with an empty emacs config - it works with org > 8.2.10, but when I install org-20170210 I get "Symbol's value as > variable is void: foo". > > Thanks & best regards, Andreas