diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8ab6eef..f7035f0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -100,6 +100,15 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+                <includes>
+                    <include>**/*.properties</include>
+                </includes>
+            </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 a24df54..b0ed0d5 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/es-plugin.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/es-plugin.properties
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 plugin=org.elasticsearch.plugin.python.PythonPlugin
+version=${project.version}