diff --git a/src/h5cpp/meson.build b/src/h5cpp/meson.build
index 4570f4890a..2b53d99a04 100644
--- a/src/h5cpp/meson.build
+++ b/src/h5cpp/meson.build
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ subdir('utilities')
 h5cpp_lib = library('h5cpp',sources,
                     dependencies:h5cpp_dependencies,
                     include_directories:[srcinc],
-                    version: '0.6.0',
+                    version: '0.6.1',
                     soversion:'1',
                     install:true,
                     install_mode:'r--r--r--')
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ install_headers('hdf5.hpp', subdir:'h5cpp')
 
 pkg.generate(h5cpp_lib,
              libraries: h5cpp_dependencies,
-             install_dir: join_paths(get_option('libdir'),'pkgconfig'))
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+             install_dir: join_paths(get_option('libdir'),'pkgconfig'))