diff --git a/lib/libkvm/shlib_version b/lib/libkvm/shlib_version
index d9961ea9feff..3066b9771e7f 100644
--- a/lib/libkvm/shlib_version
+++ b/lib/libkvm/shlib_version
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-major=4
+major=5
 minor=0