diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 78480f72f..685b6f120 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -31,18 +31,18 @@ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h:config.in])dnl Keep filename to 8.3 for MS-DOS.
 
 #shared library versioning
-WOLFSSL_LIBRARY_VERSION=6:0:1
-#                      | | |
-#               +------+ | +---+
-#               |        |     |
-#              current:revision:age
-#               |        |     |
-#               |        |     +- increment if interfaces have been added
-#               |        |        set to zero if interfaces have been removed
-#               |        |        or changed
-#               |        +- increment if source code has changed
-#               |           set to zero if current is incremented
-#               +- increment if interfaces have been added, removed or changed
+WOLFSSL_LIBRARY_VERSION=0:0:0
+#                       | | |
+#                +------+ | +---+
+#                |        |     |
+#               current:revision:age
+#                |        |     |
+#                |        |     +- increment if interfaces have been added
+#                |        |        set to zero if interfaces have been removed
+#                |        |        or changed
+#                |        +- increment if source code has changed
+#                |           set to zero if current is incremented
+#                +- increment if interfaces have been added, removed or changed
 AC_SUBST([WOLFSSL_LIBRARY_VERSION])
 
 # capture user C_EXTRA_FLAGS from ./configure line, CFLAGS may hold -g -O2 even