diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4b3138f04f..fe4d5d1fd8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -178,6 +178,23 @@
 			</testResource>
 		</testResources>
 		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.jboss.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-injection-plugin</artifactId>
+				<configuration>
+					<bytecodeInjections>
+						<bytecodeInjection>
+							<expression>${project.version}</expression>
+							<targetMembers>
+								<methodBodyReturn>
+									<className>org.hibernate.tool.Version</className>
+									<methodName>versionString</methodName>
+								</methodBodyReturn>
+							</targetMembers>
+						</bytecodeInjection>
+					</bytecodeInjections>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/java/org/hibernate/tool/Version.java b/src/java/org/hibernate/tool/Version.java
index 7fad9e09e2..eff33666ea 100644
--- a/src/java/org/hibernate/tool/Version.java
+++ b/src/java/org/hibernate/tool/Version.java
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 final public class Version {
 
-	public static final String VERSION = "5.2.14-SNAPSHOT";
-	
 	private static final Version instance = new Version();
 	
+	public static final String VERSION = instance.versionString();
+	
 	private static Logger log = Logger.getLogger( Version.class.getName() );
 
 	static {
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ public String getVersion() {
 		return VERSION;
 	}
 	
+	public String versionString() {
+		// This implementation is replaced during the build with another one that returns the correct value.
+        return "UNKNOWN";
+    }
+
 	public static Version getDefault() {
 		return instance;
 	}