diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 396c1dc514..29d6f08d29 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('efl', ['c','cpp'],
-  version: '1.25.99',
+  version: '1.26.0',
   default_options : ['buildtype=plain', 'cpp_std=c++11'],
   meson_version : '>=0.50'
 )