diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 4cd569d3d4..3abe8f15e5 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -240,6 +240,14 @@ project("grobid-core") {
         archives shadowJar
         archives mainJar
     }
+
+    processResources {
+        filesMatching('grobid-version.txt') {
+            filter {
+                it.replace('project.version', project.property('version'))
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 project("grobid-home") {
diff --git a/grobid-core/src/main/resources/grobid-version.txt b/grobid-core/src/main/resources/grobid-version.txt
index 87a0f102eb..d09bee2ab4 100644
--- a/grobid-core/src/main/resources/grobid-version.txt
+++ b/grobid-core/src/main/resources/grobid-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.5.1-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
+project.version
\ No newline at end of file