diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 15dc6c3d..f6d8f5a7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('clevis', 'c', license: 'GPL3+', version: '11',
+project('clevis', 'c', license: 'GPL3+', version: '12',
         default_options: 'c_std=c99')
 
 libexecdir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libexecdir'))