diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c6e20643..cdc637cd2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ PROJECT(OpenSceneGraph)
 
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION 2)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION 6)
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 0)
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 44)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 1)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 48)
 
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_VERSION ${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION}.${OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION})
 
diff --git a/include/osg/Version b/include/osg/Version
index 32ef5e2eb..a5e86d0d4 100644
--- a/include/osg/Version
+++ b/include/osg/Version
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION    2
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION    6
 #define OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION    1
-#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION        44
+#define OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION        48
 
 /**
   * osgGetVersion() returns the library version number.