diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/client/Version.java b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/client/Version.java
index 3f7134272c9..93db1b50636 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/client/Version.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-client/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/client/Version.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.client;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLConnection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
@@ -86,26 +87,34 @@ public class Version {
         // This is similar to how Elasticsearch's Build class digs up its build information.
         // Since version info is not critical, the parsing is lenient
         URL url = Version.class.getProtectionDomain().getCodeSource().getLocation();
-        String urlStr = url.toString();
+        CURRENT = extractVersion(url);
+    }
 
+    static Version extractVersion(URL url) {
+        String urlStr = url.toString();
         byte maj = 0, min = 0, rev = 0;
         String ver = "Unknown";
         String hash = ver;
-
-        if (urlStr.endsWith(".jar")) {
-            try (JarInputStream jar = new JarInputStream(url.openStream())) {
-                Manifest manifest = jar.getManifest();
-                hash = manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue("Change");
-                ver = manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue("X-Compile-Elasticsearch-Version");
-                byte[] vers = from(ver);
-                maj = vers[0];
-                min = vers[1];
-                rev = vers[2];
+        
+        if (urlStr.endsWith(".jar") || urlStr.endsWith(".jar!/")) {
+            try {
+                URLConnection conn = url.openConnection();
+                conn.setUseCaches(false);
+                
+                try (JarInputStream jar = new JarInputStream(conn.getInputStream())) {
+                    Manifest manifest = jar.getManifest();
+                    hash = manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue("Change");
+                    ver = manifest.getMainAttributes().getValue("X-Compile-Elasticsearch-Version");
+                    byte[] vers = from(ver);
+                    maj = vers[0];
+                    min = vers[1];
+                    rev = vers[2];
+                }
             } catch (Exception ex) {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Detected Elasticsearch JDBC jar but cannot retrieve its version", ex);
             }
         }
-        CURRENT = new Version(ver, hash, maj, min, rev);
+        return new Version(ver, hash, maj, min, rev);
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-client/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/client/VersionTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-client/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/client/VersionTests.java
index 7ed772e3525..03979a0a2b4 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-client/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/client/VersionTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/sql/sql-client/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/sql/client/VersionTests.java
@@ -6,7 +6,17 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.client;
 
 import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
-import org.elasticsearch.xpack.sql.client.Version;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.StandardOpenOption;
+import java.util.jar.Attributes;
+import java.util.jar.JarEntry;
+import java.util.jar.JarOutputStream;
+import java.util.jar.Manifest;
 
 public class VersionTests extends ESTestCase {
     public void test70Version() {
@@ -43,4 +53,47 @@ public class VersionTests extends ESTestCase {
         IllegalArgumentException err = expectThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> Version.from("7.1"));
         assertEquals("Invalid version 7.1", err.getMessage());
     }
+    
+    public void testVersionFromJarInJar() throws IOException {
+        final String JDBC_JAR_NAME = "es-sql-jdbc.jar";
+        final String JAR_PATH_SEPARATOR = "!/";
+        
+        Path dir = createTempDir();
+        Path jarPath = dir.resolve("uberjar.jar");          // simulated uberjar containing the jdbc driver
+        Path innerJarPath = dir.resolve(JDBC_JAR_NAME); // simulated ES JDBC driver file
+
+        Manifest jdbcJarManifest = new Manifest();
+        Attributes attributes = jdbcJarManifest.getMainAttributes();
+        attributes.put(Attributes.Name.MANIFEST_VERSION, "1.0.0");
+        attributes.put(new Attributes.Name("Change"), "abc");
+        attributes.put(new Attributes.Name("X-Compile-Elasticsearch-Version"), "1.2.3");
+
+        // create the jdbc driver file
+        try (JarOutputStream jdbc = new JarOutputStream(Files.newOutputStream(innerJarPath, StandardOpenOption.CREATE), jdbcJarManifest)) {}
+
+        // create the uberjar and embed the jdbc driver one into it
+        try (BufferedInputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(Files.newInputStream(innerJarPath));
+                JarOutputStream out = new JarOutputStream(Files.newOutputStream(jarPath, StandardOpenOption.CREATE), new Manifest())) {
+            JarEntry entry = new JarEntry(JDBC_JAR_NAME + JAR_PATH_SEPARATOR);
+            out.putNextEntry(entry);
+
+            byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
+            while (true) {
+                int count = in.read(buffer);
+                if (count == -1) {
+                    break;
+                }
+                out.write(buffer, 0, count);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        URL jarInJar = new URL("jar:" + jarPath.toUri().toURL().toString() + JAR_PATH_SEPARATOR + JDBC_JAR_NAME + JAR_PATH_SEPARATOR);
+        
+        Version version = Version.extractVersion(jarInJar);
+        assertEquals(1, version.major);
+        assertEquals(2, version.minor);
+        assertEquals(3, version.revision);
+        assertEquals("abc", version.hash);
+        assertEquals("1.2.3", version.version);
+    }
 }