diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
index e182f03d61be..df3c0d683570 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/DefaultGenerator.java
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ public class DefaultGenerator extends AbstractGenerator implements Generator {
             files.add(ignoreFile);
         }
 
-        final String swaggerVersionMetadata = config.outputFolder() + File.separator + ".swagger" + File.separator + "VERSION";
+        final String swaggerVersionMetadata = config.outputFolder() + File.separator + ".swagger-codegen" + File.separator + "VERSION";
         File swaggerVersionMetadataFile = new File(swaggerVersionMetadata);
         try {
             writeToFile(swaggerVersionMetadata, ImplementationVersion.read());
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/ruby/.swagger-codegen/VERSION b/samples/client/petstore/ruby/.swagger-codegen/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7fea99011a6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/ruby/.swagger-codegen/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2.2.3-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file