diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6e435e8592d..9e0a0947328 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ out/
 *.iws
 classpath.txt
 version.properties
-!modules/swagger-codegen-cli/src/main/resources/version.properties
+!modules/openapi-generator-cli/src/main/resources/version.properties
 .project
 .classpath
 lib/*
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator-cli/src/main/resources/version.properties b/modules/openapi-generator-cli/src/main/resources/version.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..410af8cc687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator-cli/src/main/resources/version.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+version = ${project.version}