diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 73487231cd60b04be811417411c82bb4439838e6..415626d09667c3695f628c7e45f8676806ed6e13 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ endif
 
 # maintain compatibility with the previous libtool versioning
 soversion = 10
-libversion = '10.6.2'
+libversion = '10.7.0'
 
 glib_req = '>= 2.48'
 gnutls_req = '>= 2.12.0'