diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8475a315543..83fadb98077 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,6 +143,12 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/es-plugin.properties b/src/main/resources/es-plugin.properties
index 43b40e7fc79..234aa512e2e 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/es-plugin.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/es-plugin.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 plugin=org.elasticsearch.plugin.cloud.aws.CloudAwsPlugin
+version=${project.version}