diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 78b54dbe..575f9f29 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.25)
 
+set(KVAZAAR_VERSION_MAJOR 2)
+set(KVAZAAR_VERSION_MINOR 3)
+set(KVAZAAR_VERSION_REVISION 2)
+
 project(kvazaar
 LANGUAGES C CXX
 HOMEPAGE_URL https://github.com/ultravideo/kvazaar
 DESCRIPTION "An open-source HEVC encoder licensed under 3-clause BSD"
-VERSION 2.3.2 )
+VERSION ${KVAZAAR_VERSION_MAJOR}.${KVAZAAR_VERSION_MINOR}.${KVAZAAR_VERSION_REVISION})
 
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build using shared kvazaar library" ON)
 
@@ -91,8 +95,10 @@ if(MSVC)
         set(KVZ_COMPILER_VERSION "VS2017")
     elseif(MSVC_VERSION LESS 1930)
         set(KVZ_COMPILER_VERSION "VS2019")
-    else()
+    elseif(MSVC_VERSION LESS 1950)
         set(KVZ_COMPILER_VERSION "VS2022")
+    else()
+        set(KVZ_COMPILER_VERSION "VS2026")
     endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -201,6 +207,10 @@ else()
   
 endif()
 
+target_compile_definitions(kvazaar PUBLIC KVZ_VERSION_MAJOR=${KVAZAAR_VERSION_MAJOR})
+target_compile_definitions(kvazaar PUBLIC KVZ_VERSION_MINOR=${KVAZAAR_VERSION_MINOR})
+target_compile_definitions(kvazaar PUBLIC KVZ_VERSION_REVISION=${KVAZAAR_VERSION_REVISION})
+
 target_include_directories(kvazaar PUBLIC src)
 target_include_directories(kvazaar PUBLIC src/extras)
 target_include_directories(kvazaar PUBLIC src/strategies)
@@ -249,7 +259,7 @@ else()
   if(BUILD_KVAZAAR_BINARY)
     set_target_properties(kvazaar-bin PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
   endif()
-  set_target_properties(kvazaar PROPERTIES SOVERSION "7" VERSION "7.4.0")
+  set_target_properties(kvazaar PROPERTIES SOVERSION "7" VERSION "7.6.0")
   if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR} IN_LIST ALLOW_AVX2) 
     set_property( SOURCE ${LIB_SOURCES_STRATEGIES_AVX2} APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS "-mavx2 -mbmi -mpopcnt -mlzcnt -mbmi2" )
     set_property( SOURCE ${LIB_SOURCES_STRATEGIES_SSE41} APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS "-msse4.1" )    
diff --git a/build/kvazaar_lib/kvazaar_lib.vcxproj b/build/kvazaar_lib/kvazaar_lib.vcxproj
index a6fd27a1..13d32e55 100644
--- a/build/kvazaar_lib/kvazaar_lib.vcxproj
+++ b/build/kvazaar_lib/kvazaar_lib.vcxproj
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@
       <AdditionalDependencies>
       </AdditionalDependencies>
     </Lib>
+    <ClCompile>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>KVZ_VERSION_MAJOR=2;KVZ_VERSION_MINOR=3;KVZ_VERSION_REVISION=2;KVZ_COMPILER_STRING="VS2015";KVZ_COMPILE_DATE="2026-01-20";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
     <Lib>
@@ -91,6 +94,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <UndefinePreprocessorDefinitions>
       </UndefinePreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>KVZ_VERSION_MAJOR=2;KVZ_VERSION_MINOR=3;KVZ_VERSION_REVISION=2;KVZ_COMPILER_STRING="VS2015";KVZ_COMPILE_DATE="2026-01-20";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
@@ -103,6 +107,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <UndefinePreprocessorDefinitions>
       </UndefinePreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>KVZ_VERSION_MAJOR=2;KVZ_VERSION_MINOR=3;KVZ_VERSION_REVISION=2;KVZ_COMPILER_STRING="VS2015";KVZ_COMPILE_DATE="2026-01-20";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
@@ -115,6 +120,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <UndefinePreprocessorDefinitions>
       </UndefinePreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>KVZ_VERSION_MAJOR=2;KVZ_VERSION_MINOR=3;KVZ_VERSION_REVISION=2;KVZ_COMPILER_STRING="VS2015";KVZ_COMPILE_DATE="2026-01-20";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e8b3eee4..f180f456 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -23,9 +23,13 @@ AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src/encmain.c])
 #
 # Here is a somewhat sane guide to lib versioning: http://apr.apache.org/versioning.html
 ver_major=7
-ver_minor=5
+ver_minor=6
 ver_release=0
 
+kvz_pjt_ver_major=2
+kvz_pjt_ver_minor=3
+kvz_pjt_ver_revision=2
+
 # Prevents configure from adding a lot of defines to the CFLAGS
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
 
@@ -75,6 +79,8 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_SSE2], [test x"$flag_sse2" = x"true"])
 
 KVZ_CFLAGS="-Wall -Wextra -Wvla -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-unused-parameter -I$srcdir/src -I$srcdir/src/extras -ftree-vectorize -fvisibility=hidden"
 CFLAGS="$KVZ_CFLAGS $CFLAGS"
+CFLAGS="-DKVZ_VERSION_MAJOR=$kvz_pjt_ver_major -DKVZ_VERSION_MINOR=$kvz_pjt_ver_minor -DKVZ_VERSION_REVISION=$kvz_pjt_ver_revision $CFLAGS"
+
 
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([log], [m c], [], [exit 1])
 AC_SEARCH_LIBS([pow], [m c], [], [exit 1])
@@ -103,7 +109,6 @@ LIBS="$LIBS $cryptopp_LIBS"
 
 CPPFLAGS="-DKVZ_DLL_EXPORTS $CPPFLAGS"
 
-
 # We need to force AX_PTHREAD to check -pthread -lpthread since otherwise
 # it only outputs -pthread for GCC. Without -lpthread GCC does not link the
 # shared library against the pthread library (even though it does link the
@@ -118,6 +123,14 @@ CFLAGS="$PTHREAD_CFLAGS $CFLAGS"
 LIBS="$PTHREAD_LIBS $LIBS"
 CC="$PTHREAD_CC"
 
+compiler_name=`basename $CC`
+escaped_compiler_name='\"'$compiler_name'\"'
+CFLAGS="-DKVZ_COMPILER_STRING=$escaped_compiler_name $CFLAGS"
+
+compile_date=`date -u +"%Y-%m-%d"`
+escaped_compile_date='\"'$compile_date'\"'
+CFLAGS="-DKVZ_COMPILE_DATE=$escaped_compile_date $CFLAGS"
+
 # --enable-werror
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([werror], [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-werror], [treat warnings as errors [no]])],
               [CFLAGS="-Werror $CFLAGS"], []
diff --git a/src/cli.c b/src/cli.c
index edffcca4..72cfb59f 100644
--- a/src/cli.c
+++ b/src/cli.c
@@ -394,12 +394,9 @@ void print_usage(void)
 void print_version(void)
 {
   fprintf(stdout,
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD
-    "kvazaar " VERSION_STRING " [" KVZ_COMPILER_STRING "] " KVZ_COMPILE_DATE "\n");
-#else
-  "Kvazaar " VERSION_STRING "\n"
-    "Kvazaar license: 3-clause BSD\n");
-#endif
+    "Kvazaar %s [%s] %s\n"
+    "Kvazaar license: 3-clause BSD\n",
+    kvz_get_version_string(), kvz_get_compiler_string(), kvz_get_compile_date_string());
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/kvazaar.c b/src/kvazaar.c
index 14c19d81..11c78457 100644
--- a/src/kvazaar.c
+++ b/src/kvazaar.c
@@ -416,3 +416,39 @@ const kvz_api * kvz_api_get(int bit_depth)
 {
   return &kvz_8bit_api;
 }
+
+
+const char * kvz_get_version_string()
+{
+    return VERSION_STRING;
+}
+
+
+int kvz_get_version_major()
+{
+    return KVZ_VERSION_MAJOR;
+}
+
+
+int kvz_get_version_minor()
+{
+    return KVZ_VERSION_MINOR;
+}
+
+
+int kvz_get_version_revision()
+{
+    return KVZ_VERSION_REVISION;
+}
+
+
+const char * kvz_get_compiler_string()
+{
+    return KVZ_COMPILER_STRING;
+}
+
+
+const char * kvz_get_compile_date_string()
+{
+    return KVZ_COMPILE_DATE;
+}
diff --git a/src/kvazaar.h b/src/kvazaar.h
index f3f1c6ad..b0c32517 100644
--- a/src/kvazaar.h
+++ b/src/kvazaar.h
@@ -828,6 +828,48 @@ typedef struct kvz_api {
 
 KVZ_PUBLIC const kvz_api * kvz_api_get(int bit_depth);
 
+
+/**
+ * \brief Return version string
+ *
+ * Returns version string in format MAJOR.MINOR.REVISION
+ *
+ */
+KVZ_PUBLIC const char * kvz_get_version_string();
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Return major version number
+ */
+KVZ_PUBLIC int kvz_get_version_major();
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Return minor version number
+ */
+KVZ_PUBLIC int kvz_get_version_minor();
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Return revision version number
+ */
+KVZ_PUBLIC int kvz_get_version_revision();
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Return compiler name string
+ *
+ */
+KVZ_PUBLIC const char * kvz_get_compiler_string();
+
+
+/**
+ * \brief Return compile date string
+ *
+ */
+KVZ_PUBLIC const char * kvz_get_compile_date_string();
+
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif