diff --git a/sigil/sigil-defaults.properties b/sigil/sigil-defaults.properties
index 2a3117a..6c0bb3f 100644
--- a/sigil/sigil-defaults.properties
+++ b/sigil/sigil-defaults.properties
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # sigil-defaults.properties
 
 # Default version of all Sigil projects
-version: 0.9.0.SNAPSHOT
+version: ${buildVersion:-0.9.0.SNAPSHOT}
 
 # Default bundle headers
 header;update-site: http://people.apache.org/~dsavage/sigil/updates-site-snapshot