diff --git a/debian-bpo12-meson/version.sh b/debian-bpo12-meson/version.sh
index 06a0b22f0e0a4957b3880d278ca5fcc93e7fdddc..7f42cfb918e2d05fd4847fd8cb67dd7d502cf3b0 100644
--- a/debian-bpo12-meson/version.sh
+++ b/debian-bpo12-meson/version.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ mirror="https://deb.debian.org/debian"
 
 package_name="meson"
 debian_pkg_name="${package_name}"
-package_version="1.2.3"
+package_version="1.4.0"
 
 git_repo=""
 git_sha=""