diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b71324a3..7a8edf33 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('sysprof', 'c',
           license: ['GPL3+', 'GPL2+'],
-          version: '3.48.1',
+          version: '45.alpha',
     meson_version: '>=0.59.0',
   default_options: [ 'c_std=gnu11',
                      'cpp_std=c++11',
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ project('sysprof', 'c',
   ]
 )
 
-symbolic_version = '44.0'
+symbolic_version = '45.0'
 
 gnome = import('gnome', required: get_option('gtk'))
 pkgconfig = import('pkgconfig')
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 03d6a7ec..9d8817eb 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ sysprof_ui_header_subdir = 'sysprof-ui-@0@'.format(libsysprof_ui_api_version)
 
 sysprof_version_conf = configuration_data()
 sysprof_version = meson.project_version().split('.')
+if sysprof_version[1] in ['alpha', 'beta', 'rc']
+  sysprof_version = [sysprof_version[0], 0, 0]
+endif
 sysprof_version_conf.set('MAJOR_VERSION', sysprof_version[0])
 sysprof_version_conf.set('MINOR_VERSION', sysprof_version[1])
 sysprof_version_conf.set('MICRO_VERSION', sysprof_version[2])