diff --git a/libgcobol/configure b/libgcobol/configure
index 4a57b0303507..410fc35e218b 100755
--- a/libgcobol/configure
+++ b/libgcobol/configure
@@ -17412,7 +17412,7 @@ fi
 
 
 # libgcobol soname version
-LIBGCOBOL_VERSION=1:0:0
+LIBGCOBOL_VERSION=2:0:0
 
 
 ## added, currently unused.
diff --git a/libgcobol/configure.ac b/libgcobol/configure.ac
index 8062601da716..9b6ea7ebbf35 100644
--- a/libgcobol/configure.ac
+++ b/libgcobol/configure.ac
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ AC_SEARCH_LIBS([malloc], [c])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([clock_gettime], [c rt])
 
 # libgcobol soname version
-LIBGCOBOL_VERSION=1:0:0
+LIBGCOBOL_VERSION=2:0:0
 AC_SUBST(LIBGCOBOL_VERSION)
 
 ## added, currently unused.