diff --git a/packages/common/src/lib/core/jvm/gradle-utils.spec.ts b/packages/common/src/lib/core/jvm/gradle-utils.spec.ts
index 2be32674..21b4817d 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/lib/core/jvm/gradle-utils.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/lib/core/jvm/gradle-utils.spec.ts
@@ -194,6 +194,21 @@ describe('gradle-utils', () => {
             `);
         });
 
+        it('should still add plugin to build.gradle file when version is not specified', () => {
+            tree.write('./build.gradle', '');
+            const added = addGradlePlugin(tree, '.', 'java', 'java-library');
+            expect(added).toBe(true);
+
+            const buildGradle = tree.read('./build.gradle', 'utf-8');
+            console.log(buildGradle);
+            expect(buildGradle).toContain(
+            stripIndent`
+            plugins {
+            	id 'java-library'
+            }
+            `);
+        });
+
     });
 
    describe('applySpotlessGradlePlugin', () => {
diff --git a/packages/common/src/lib/core/jvm/gradle-utils.ts b/packages/common/src/lib/core/jvm/gradle-utils.ts
index cae8e53b..a73c281c 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/lib/core/jvm/gradle-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/lib/core/jvm/gradle-utils.ts
@@ -36,10 +36,14 @@ export function hasGradlePlugin(content: string, pluginId: string, pluginVersion
     return plugins.some(plugin => plugin.id === pluginId && (!pluginVersion || plugin.version === pluginVersion));
 }
 
-export function addGradlePlugin(tree: Tree, rootFolder: string, language: 'java' | 'kotlin' | 'groovy', pluginId: string, pluginVersion: string, withKotlinDSL = language === 'kotlin') {
+export function addGradlePlugin(tree: Tree, rootFolder: string, language: 'java' | 'kotlin' | 'groovy', pluginId: string, pluginVersion?: string, withKotlinDSL = language === 'kotlin') {
     const ext = withKotlinDSL ? '.gradle.kts' : '.gradle';
     const buildGradle = tree.read(`${rootFolder}/build${ext}`, 'utf-8');
-    const pluginToAdd = withKotlinDSL ? `id("${pluginId}") version "${pluginVersion}"` : `id '${pluginId}' version '${pluginVersion}'`;
+    let withVersion = '';
+    if(pluginVersion) {
+        withVersion = withKotlinDSL ? ` version "${pluginVersion}"` : ` version '${pluginVersion}'`;
+    }
+    const pluginToAdd = withKotlinDSL ? `id("${pluginId}")${withVersion}` : `id '${pluginId}'${withVersion}`;
 
     if (!hasGradlePlugin(buildGradle, pluginId)) {
         if (!GRADLE_PLUGINS_REGEX.test(buildGradle)) {