diff --git a/lib/freetype/shlib_version b/lib/freetype/shlib_version
index ade1e3940..6afaeaeae 100644
--- a/lib/freetype/shlib_version
+++ b/lib/freetype/shlib_version
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 major=29
 minor=0
+# note: If bumping the major, also bump major for libXft, libXfont2
+#       and libfontconfig