diff --git a/src/lib/hooks/Makefile.am b/src/lib/hooks/Makefile.am
index 54cac9b758..2e45623d6a 100644
--- a/src/lib/hooks/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/lib/hooks/Makefile.am
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ libkea_hooks_la_SOURCES += hooks_messages.cc hooks_messages.h
 
 libkea_hooks_la_CXXFLAGS = $(AM_CXXFLAGS)
 libkea_hooks_la_CPPFLAGS = $(AM_CPPFLAGS)
-libkea_hooks_la_LDFLAGS  = $(AM_LDFLAGS) -no-undefined -version-info 10:0:0
+libkea_hooks_la_LDFLAGS  = $(AM_LDFLAGS) -no-undefined -version-info 11:0:0
 libkea_hooks_la_LIBADD  =
 libkea_hooks_la_LIBADD += $(top_builddir)/src/lib/log/libkea-log.la
 libkea_hooks_la_LIBADD += $(top_builddir)/src/lib/util/libkea-util.la
diff --git a/src/lib/hooks/hooks.h b/src/lib/hooks/hooks.h
index e62f02e7d1..fbe09df0a2 100644
--- a/src/lib/hooks/hooks.h
+++ b/src/lib/hooks/hooks.h
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 
 namespace {
 
-// Version 15 of the hooks framework, set for Kea 1.7.5
-const int KEA_HOOKS_VERSION = 15;
+// Version 16 of the hooks framework, set for Kea 1.7.6
+const int KEA_HOOKS_VERSION = 16;
 
 // Names of the framework functions.
 const char* const LOAD_FUNCTION_NAME = "load";