diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 39a40c6b..bbf06d15 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
 project(libwebsockets)
 
 set(PACKAGE "libwebsockets")
-set(PACKAGE_VERSION "1.1")
+set(PACKAGE_VERSION "1.2")
 set(PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "andy@warmcat.com")
 set(PACKAGE_NAME "${PACKAGE}")
 set(PACKAGE_STRING "${PACKAGE} ${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 1c3959a2..685906c2 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
 
 AC_PREREQ([2.61])
-AC_INIT(libwebsockets, 1.1, andy@warmcat.com, libwebsockets, http://libwebsockets.org)
+AC_INIT(libwebsockets, 1.2, andy@warmcat.com, libwebsockets, http://libwebsockets.org)
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([test-server/test-server.c])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index f24ef130..fab1b9c3 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ libwebsockets_la_LDFLAGS+= -lm -luser32 -ladvapi32 -lkernel32 -lgcc
 else
 libwebsockets_la_CFLAGS+= -rdynamic -fPIC -Werror
 # notice http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual/html_node/Updating-version-info.html has rules for how to bump this
-libwebsockets_la_LDFLAGS+=  -version-info 2:0:0
+libwebsockets_la_LDFLAGS+=  -version-info 3:0:0
 endif
 
 libwebsockets_la_CFLAGS+= -c \