diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 114384e70b..44f9d2dd0d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY PREDEFINED_TARGETS_FOLDER "CMake Targets")
 
 project(tesseract C CXX)
 
-set(VERSION_MAJOR 3)
-set(VERSION_MINOR 05)
+set(VERSION_MAJOR 4)
+set(VERSION_MINOR 00)
 set(VERSION_PLAIN ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR})
 
 set(MINIMUM_LEPTONICA_VERSION 1.74)