diff --git a/docs/meson.build b/docs/meson.build
index 057662688732802d3023ce5a5b49f5525ec1b9b0..91057c3d3b6ffad9b55fe54af95e904be9dffff9 100644
--- a/docs/meson.build
+++ b/docs/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ outdir ='GXml-'+API_VERSION
 valacapi = run_command ('valac', '--api-version')
 driver = '--driver='+valacapi.stdout().strip()
 pkgname = '--package-name='+'GXml-'+API_VERSION
-pkgversion = '--package-version='+GXML_VERSION
+pkgversion = '--package-version='+PROJECT_VERSION
 vapidirgxml = '--vapidir='+join_paths (meson.current_source_dir (),'gxml')
 vapidirvapi = '--vapidir='+join_paths (meson.current_source_dir (),'vapi')
 docsdir = join_paths (get_option ('datadir'), 'devhelp','books')
diff --git a/gxml/meson.build b/gxml/meson.build
index 3471fc2215f7c18d9cfb3f08c1ad3c928c6e7c74..5c2f1b7af1793068d7e09218b9ecae6175f42ba3 100644
--- a/gxml/meson.build
+++ b/gxml/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ conf.set('libdir', join_paths (get_option ('prefix'),get_option ('libdir')))
 conf.set('includedir', get_option ('includedir'))
 conf.set('VALADEPS', VALADEPS)
 conf.set('PCDEPS', PCDEPS)
-conf.set('GXML_VERSION', GXML_VERSION)
+conf.set('GXML_VERSION', PROJECT_VERSION)
 conf.set('API_VERSION', API_VERSION)
 
 configure_file(input : 'gxml.pc.in',
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ inc_gxmlh = include_directories ('.')
 
 gxml = library('gxml-@0@'.format(API_VERSION),
 	valasources+sources+configvapi,
-	version : GXML_VERSION,
+	version : PROJECT_VERSION,
 	vala_header : 'gxml.h',
 	vala_vapi : 'gxml-@0@.vapi'.format(API_VERSION),
 	vala_gir : 'GXml-@0@.gir'.format(API_VERSION),
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5c2f4939c863b21c0fb28125361d633c26d22e7a..cc983f748b4b3e126c340e8c39c8e9d72bbb3813 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ VALADEPS = 'gee-0.8\ngio-2.0\nlibxml-2.0'
 PCDEPS = 'gee-0.8 gio-2.0 libxml-2.0'
 
 API_VERSION = '0.14'
-GXML_VERSION = '0.15.0'
+PROJECT_VERSION = '0.15.0'
 
 xlibxml_cflags = '-I' + meson.current_source_dir()