diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eea1679a2f..c224a9835c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -42,3 +42,4 @@ ObjectStore
 
 # Maven Enhance Plugin
 hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/pom.xml
+hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml
diff --git a/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin.gradle b/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin.gradle
index 0b6966a4cc..68c47ada48 100644
--- a/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin.gradle
+++ b/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 apply plugin: 'java'
 apply plugin: 'maven'
 
+import org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens
+
 group = 'org.hibernate.orm.tooling'
 
 repositories {
@@ -17,33 +19,17 @@ processResources.doLast {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compile( libraries.maven_plugin ) {
-       transitive = false
-    }
-    compile( libraries.maven_plugin_tools ) {
-        transitive = false
-    }
-    compile( project(':hibernate-core') ) {
-       transitive = false
-    }
-    compile( libraries.jpa ){
-       transitive = false
-    }
-    compile( libraries.javassist ){
-       transitive = false
-    }
+    compile( libraries.maven_plugin ) { transitive = false }
+    compile( libraries.maven_plugin_tools ) { transitive = false }
+    compile( project(':hibernate-core') ) { transitive = false }
+    compile( libraries.jpa ) { transitive = false }
+    compile( libraries.javassist ) { transitive = false }
     compile 'org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils:3.0.1'
-    
-    runtime( libraries.maven_plugin ) {
-    }
-    runtime( libraries.maven_plugin_tools ) {
-    }
-    runtime( project(':hibernate-core') ) {
-    }
-    runtime( libraries.jpa ){
-    }
-    runtime( libraries.javassist ){
-    }
+    runtime( libraries.maven_plugin )
+    runtime( libraries.maven_plugin_tools )
+    runtime( project(':hibernate-core') )
+    runtime( libraries.jpa )
+    runtime( libraries.javassist )
     runtime 'org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils:3.0.1'
 }
 
@@ -51,7 +37,41 @@ dependencies {
 configurations.remove(configurations.getByName('testCompile'))
 configurations.remove(configurations.getByName('testRuntime'))
 
-task writeNewPom(type:Task, description: 'Writes pom.xml using merged Gradle dependency and MavenPom configuration.') {
+// Inject dependencies into plugin.xml
+// Note: injecting the full dependency, rather than just the version,
+// removing the need to maintain artifact names that might change with upgrades (JPA/JTA API version, etc.)
+task processPluginXml(type: Copy) {
+    // force out-of-date if version changes
+    inputs.property("version", project.version)
+    
+    from "src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml.original"
+    into "src/main/resources/META-INF/maven"
+    rename ("plugin.xml.original", "plugin.xml")
+    filter(ReplaceTokens, tokens: ['generated-dependencies' :\
+            generateMavenDependency(libraries.jpa)\
+            + generateMavenDependency(libraries.antlr)\
+            + generateMavenDependency(libraries.dom4j)\
+            + generateMavenDependency(libraries.jta)\
+            + generateMavenDependency(libraries.commons_annotations)\
+            + generateMavenDependency(libraries.javassist)\
+            + generateMavenDependency(libraries.logging)\
+            + generateMavenDependency("org.hibernate:hibernate-core:" + project.version)])
+}
+
+// TODO: There may be a way to do this directly with Gradle's Maven plugin, but it's still incubating
+// and I'd rather not rely on it yet.
+def generateMavenDependency(String gradleDependency) {
+    String[] split = gradleDependency.split(":")
+    return \
+            "<dependency>"\
+            + "<groupId>" + split[0] + "</groupId>"\
+            + "<artifactId>" + split[1] + "</artifactId>"\
+            + "<type>jar</type>"\
+            + "<version>" + split[2] + "</version>"\
+            + "</dependency>\n"
+}
+
+task writeNewPom(type:Task, description: 'Writes pom.xml using merged Gradle dependency and MavenPom configuration.') {  
     ext.pomDefinition = pom {
        project {
          groupId  project.group
@@ -85,5 +105,6 @@ task writeNewPom(type:Task, description: 'Writes pom.xml using merged Gradle dep
     ext.pomDefinition.writeTo("$projectDir/src/main/resources/pom.xml")
 }
 
+writeNewPom.dependsOn processPluginXml
 processResources.dependsOn writeNewPom
 
diff --git a/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml b/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml.original
similarity index 71%
rename from hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml
rename to hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml.original
index ea4d1d4096..08aea62758 100644
--- a/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml
+++ b/hibernate-enhance-maven-plugin/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/plugin.xml.original
@@ -44,12 +44,9 @@
     </mojo>
   </mojos>
   <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.jboss.logging</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jboss-logging</artifactId>
-      <type>jar</type>
-      <version>3.1.0.GA</version>
-    </dependency>
+    <!-- Generated by Gradle -->
+    @generated-dependencies@
+    
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.plexus</groupId>
       <artifactId>plexus-utils</artifactId>
@@ -68,42 +65,6 @@
       <type>jar</type>
       <version>3.0</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hibernate-core</artifactId>
-      <type>jar</type>
-      <version>4.2.8.Final</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>antlr</groupId>
-      <artifactId>antlr</artifactId>
-      <type>jar</type>
-      <version>2.7.7</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>dom4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>dom4j</artifactId>
-      <type>jar</type>
-      <version>1.6.1</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.jboss.spec.javax.transaction</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jboss-transaction-api_1.1_spec</artifactId>
-      <type>jar</type>
-      <version>1.0.1.Final</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.hibernate.common</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hibernate-commons-annotations</artifactId>
-      <type>jar</type>
-      <version>4.0.2.Final</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.0-api</artifactId>
-      <type>jar</type>
-      <version>1.0.1.Final</version>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
@@ -152,11 +113,5 @@
       <type>jar</type>
       <version>0.9.9</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.javassist</groupId>
-      <artifactId>javassist</artifactId>
-      <type>jar</type>
-      <version>3.18.1-GA</version>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-</plugin>
\ No newline at end of file
+</plugin>