diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/PhpClientCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/PhpClientCodegen.java
index c6e6d65596c..4034b966cb6 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/PhpClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/PhpClientCodegen.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class PhpClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig {
     protected String groupId = "swagger";
     protected String artifactId = "swagger-client";
     protected String packagePath = "SwaggerClient-php";
-    protected String artifactVersion = null;
+    protected String artifactVersion = "1.0.0";
     protected String srcBasePath = "lib";
 
     public PhpClientCodegen() {
diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/configuration.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/configuration.mustache
index 710edab55b6..a1d8c78c40e 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/configuration.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/php/configuration.mustache
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class Configuration {
         $report .= "    OS: ".php_uname()."\n";
         $report .= "    PHP Version: ".phpversion()."\n";
         $report .= "    Swagger Spec Version: {{version}}\n";
-        $report .= "    SDK Package Version: {{version}}\n";
+        $report .= "    SDK Package Version: {{artifactVersion}}\n";
         $report .= "    Temp Folder Path: ".self::getDefaultConfiguration()->getTempFolderPath()."\n";
   
         return $report;
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/php/SwaggerClient-php/composer.json b/samples/client/petstore/php/SwaggerClient-php/composer.json
index 5a76d804876..3b432d83b92 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/php/SwaggerClient-php/composer.json
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/php/SwaggerClient-php/composer.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "swagger/swagger-client",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
     "description": "",
     "keywords": [
         "swagger",