diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 194babd..a32b9ad 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@
 set(LIBYANG_MICRO_VERSION 159)
 set(LIBYANG_VERSION ${LIBYANG_MAJOR_VERSION}.${LIBYANG_MINOR_VERSION}.${LIBYANG_MICRO_VERSION})
 # set version of the library
-set(LIBYANG_MAJOR_SOVERSION 2)
-set(LIBYANG_MINOR_SOVERSION 48)
-set(LIBYANG_MICRO_SOVERSION 4)
+set(LIBYANG_MAJOR_SOVERSION 3)
+set(LIBYANG_MINOR_SOVERSION 0)
+set(LIBYANG_MICRO_SOVERSION 0)
 set(LIBYANG_SOVERSION_FULL ${LIBYANG_MAJOR_SOVERSION}.${LIBYANG_MINOR_SOVERSION}.${LIBYANG_MICRO_SOVERSION})
 set(LIBYANG_SOVERSION ${LIBYANG_MAJOR_SOVERSION})