diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVVersion.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVVersion.cmake
index 0bf1d9de3f..86638ad594 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVVersion.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVVersion.cmake
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ string(REGEX REPLACE ".+CV_MAJOR_VERSION[ ]+([0-9]+).*" "\\1" OPENCV_VERSION_MAJ
 string(REGEX REPLACE ".+CV_MINOR_VERSION[ ]+([0-9]+).*" "\\1" OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR "${OPENCV_VERSION_PARTS}")
 string(REGEX REPLACE ".+CV_SUBMINOR_VERSION[ ]+([0-9]+).*" "\\1" OPENCV_VERSION_PATCH "${OPENCV_VERSION_PARTS}")
 
-set(OPENCV_VERSION "${OPENCV_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPENCV_VERSION_PATCH}")
+set(OPENCV_VERSION "${OPENCV_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR}.${OPENCV_VERSION_PATCH}.1")
 set(OPENCV_SOVERSION "${OPENCV_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENCV_VERSION_MINOR}")
 
 # create a dependency on version file
diff --git a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/version.hpp b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/version.hpp
index 4e68c52a00..1aed6747be 100644
--- a/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/version.hpp
+++ b/modules/core/include/opencv2/core/version.hpp
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@
 
 #define CVAUX_STR_EXP(__A)  #__A
 #define CVAUX_STR(__A)      CVAUX_STR_EXP(__A)
-#define CV_VERSION          CVAUX_STR(CV_MAJOR_VERSION) "." CVAUX_STR(CV_MINOR_VERSION) "." CVAUX_STR(CV_SUBMINOR_VERSION)
+#define CV_VERSION          CVAUX_STR(CV_MAJOR_VERSION) "." CVAUX_STR(CV_MINOR_VERSION) "." CVAUX_STR(CV_SUBMINOR_VERSION) ".1"
 
 #endif