diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0c143765a..62917dbb5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 project(
     'lxc',
     'c',
-    version: '5.0.0',
+    version: '6.0.0',
     license: 'LGPLv2+',
     default_options: [
         'b_lto=true',
@@ -26,14 +26,14 @@ liblxc_dependencies = []
 oss_fuzz_dependencies = []
 
 # Version.
-liblxc_version = '1.7.0'
+liblxc_version = '1.8.0'
 version_data = configuration_data()
-version_data.set('LXC_VERSION_MAJOR', '5')
+version_data.set('LXC_VERSION_MAJOR', '6')
 version_data.set('LXC_VERSION_MINOR', '0')
 version_data.set('LXC_VERSION_MICRO', '0')
 version_data.set('LXC_VERSION_BETA', '')
 version_data.set('LXC_ABI', liblxc_version)
-version_data.set('LXC_DEVEL', '1')
+version_data.set('LXC_DEVEL', '0')
 version_data.set('LXC_VERSION', meson.project_version())
 
 # Path handling.