--- speech_tools/config/project.mak
+++ speech_tools/config/project.mak
@@ -103,10 +105,11 @@ PROJECT_LIBRARY_USES_estbase = eststring
 
 PROJECT_LIBRARY_USES_estjava = estbase eststring
 
-PROJECT_LIBRARY_VERSION_estools = $(PROJECT_VERSION).1
-PROJECT_LIBRARY_VERSION_estbase = $(PROJECT_VERSION).1
-PROJECT_LIBRARY_VERSION_eststring = 1.2
-PROJECT_LIBRARY_VERSION_estjava = $(PROJECT_VERSION).1
+# These are used for the SONAME fields in ELF libraries
+PROJECT_LIBRARY_VERSION_estools = $(PROJECT_VERSION)
+PROJECT_LIBRARY_VERSION_estbase = $(PROJECT_VERSION)
+PROJECT_LIBRARY_VERSION_eststring = $(PROJECT_VERSION)
+PROJECT_LIBRARY_VERSION_estjava = $(PROJECT_VERSION)
 
 PROJECT_LIBRARY_NEEDS_SYSLIBS_estjava=1