diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index b1f8153..1c3a64a 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 
 # build the shared RANAP + SABP library
 #
-RANAP_LIBVERSION=2:2:0
+RANAP_LIBVERSION=3:0:0
 SABP_LIBVERSION=0:0:0
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libosmo-ranap.la libosmo-sabp.la
 libosmo_ranap_la_LDFLAGS = $(AM_LDFLAGS) -version-info $(RANAP_LIBVERSION)