diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b72ec2a..a337bcb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ target_include_directories(
   PUBLIC "./include"
   PRIVATE "./src")
 set_target_properties(hyprutils PROPERTIES VERSION ${hyprutils_VERSION}
-                                           SOVERSION 1)
+                                           SOVERSION 2)
 target_link_libraries(hyprutils PkgConfig::deps)
 
 # tests
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 53a75d6..0d91a54 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.6
+0.3.0