diff --git a/lib/libelf/shlib_version b/lib/libelf/shlib_version
index b52599a164f..012c14171d3 100644
--- a/lib/libelf/shlib_version
+++ b/lib/libelf/shlib_version
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-major=2
+major=3
 minor=0