diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a7111dca3..75f256eef 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('kiwixlib', 'cpp',
-  version : '1.0.0',
+  version : '0.1.0',
   license : 'GPL')
 
 compiler = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 06496ca4f..f9fd156ca 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -40,4 +40,5 @@ kiwixlib = library('kiwix',
                    kiwix_sources,
                    include_directories : inc,
                    dependencies : all_deps,
+                   version: '1.0.0',
                    install : true)