diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4c58f7cd4..79b25311d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ PROJECT(OpenSceneGraph)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MAJOR_VERSION 3)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_MINOR_VERSION 5)
 SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_PATCH_VERSION 8)
-SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 151)
+SET(OPENSCENEGRAPH_SOVERSION 152)
 
 # set to 0 when not a release candidate, non zero means that any generated
 # git tags will be treated as release candidates of given number