diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 85523b8859..76aaf4099d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        opensearch_version = "1.0.0"
+        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "1.0.0")
     }
 
     repositories {
@@ -55,12 +55,16 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 ext {
-    opensearchVersion = '1.0.0'
+    opensearchVersion = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "1.0.0")
     isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
 }
 
 allprojects {
-    version = "${opensearchVersion}.0"
+    version = "${opensearchVersion}" - "-SNAPSHOT" + ".0"
+
+    if (isSnapshot) {
+        version += "-SNAPSHOT"
+    }
 
     plugins.withId('java') {
         sourceCompatibility = targetCompatibility = "1.8"