diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 345ce6a3e3..6cb5a6c84e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ set_target_properties(
                           ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH})
 set_target_properties(
   libtesseract PROPERTIES SOVERSION
-                          ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH})
+                          ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR})
 
 set_target_properties(
   libtesseract