diff --git a/cmake/versions.cmake b/cmake/versions.cmake
index 9be86e200..b999fc013 100644
--- a/cmake/versions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/versions.cmake
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Version for libraries CPP
-SET(VERSION "2.8")
+SET(VERSION "2.8.1")
 STRING(REGEX MATCHALL "[0-9]" VERSION_PARTS "${VERSION}")
 LIST(GET VERSION_PARTS 0 VERSION_MAJOR)
 LIST(GET VERSION_PARTS 1 VERSION_MINOR)
-SET(SOVERSION "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}")
+LIST(GET VERSION_PARTS 2 VERSION_BUILD)
+SET(SOVERSION "${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_BUILD}")
 
 # Postfix of so's:
 SET(DLLVERSION "")
diff --git a/lib/version.h b/lib/version.h
index 32e055a0e..cb3a48403 100644
--- a/lib/version.h
+++ b/lib/version.h
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 #define STRINGIFY(x) STRING(x)
 #define STRING(VER) #VER
 #if CPPCHECK_MINOR == CPPCHECK_DEVMINOR
-#define CPPCHECK_VERSION_STRING STRINGIFY(CPPCHECK_MAJOR) "." STRINGIFY(CPPCHECK_DEVMINOR)
-#define CPPCHECK_VERSION CPPCHECK_MAJOR,CPPCHECK_MINOR,0,0
+#define CPPCHECK_VERSION_STRING STRINGIFY(CPPCHECK_MAJOR) "." STRINGIFY(CPPCHECK_DEVMINOR) ".1"
+#define CPPCHECK_VERSION CPPCHECK_MAJOR,CPPCHECK_MINOR,1,0
 #else
 #define CPPCHECK_VERSION_STRING STRINGIFY(CPPCHECK_MAJOR) "." STRINGIFY(CPPCHECK_DEVMINOR) " dev"
 #define CPPCHECK_VERSION CPPCHECK_MAJOR,CPPCHECK_MINOR,99,0