diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fecd460..4f02c86 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@
                 <Version>${project.version}</Version>
                 <!-- ${buildNumber} is generated by the buildnumber-maven-plugin -->
                 <Implementation-Build>${buildNumber}</Implementation-Build>
+                <!-- This is used to get plugin version at runtime using getPackage().getImplementationVersion() -->
+                <Implementation-Version>${project.version}</Implementation-Version>
                 <Build-Time>${timestamp}</Build-Time>
               </manifestEntries>
             </archive>