diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e3adef06a0..c593e6562a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-project('compton', 'c', version: '5',
+project('compton', 'c', version: '5.1',
         default_options: ['c_std=c11'])
 
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')