diff --git a/android/sdl_android/build.gradle b/android/sdl_android/build.gradle
index 489da844e7..f3dfdfda14 100644
--- a/android/sdl_android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/sdl_android/build.gradle
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ android {
     }
 }
 
+ext { VERSION_NAME = "$project.android.defaultConfig.versionName" }
+
 dependencies {
     api fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
     //api 'com.livio.taskmaster:taskmaster:0.6.0'
diff --git a/android/sdl_android/gradle.properties b/android/sdl_android/gradle.properties
index d93b695d26..d720ac7959 100644
--- a/android/sdl_android/gradle.properties
+++ b/android/sdl_android/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 GROUP=com.smartdevicelink
 POM_ARTIFACT_ID=sdl_android
-VERSION_NAME=5.3.0
 
 POM_NAME=sdl_android
 POM_PACKAGING=aar
diff --git a/javaEE/javaEE/build.gradle b/javaEE/javaEE/build.gradle
index a97824e30d..c891409a32 100644
--- a/javaEE/javaEE/build.gradle
+++ b/javaEE/javaEE/build.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ apply plugin: 'java-library'
 
 group 'com.smartdevicelink'
 version new File(projectDir.path, ('/../../VERSION')).text.trim()
+ext { VERSION_NAME = "$project.version" }
 
 sourceCompatibility = 1.7
 
diff --git a/javaEE/javaEE/gradle.properties b/javaEE/javaEE/gradle.properties
index 6f84e23f16..4bb0ca403f 100644
--- a/javaEE/javaEE/gradle.properties
+++ b/javaEE/javaEE/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 GROUP=com.smartdevicelink
 POM_ARTIFACT_ID=sdl_java_ee
-VERSION_NAME=5.3.0
 
 POM_NAME=sdl_java_ee
 POM_PACKAGING=jar
diff --git a/javaSE/javaSE/build.gradle b/javaSE/javaSE/build.gradle
index aa97ea53a9..d69a60f597 100644
--- a/javaSE/javaSE/build.gradle
+++ b/javaSE/javaSE/build.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ apply plugin: 'java-library'
 
 group 'com.smartdevicelink'
 version new File(projectDir.path, ('/../../VERSION')).text.trim()
+ext { VERSION_NAME = "$project.version" }
 
 sourceCompatibility = 1.7
 
diff --git a/javaSE/javaSE/gradle.properties b/javaSE/javaSE/gradle.properties
index a9e29ea871..e8c9b58c66 100644
--- a/javaSE/javaSE/gradle.properties
+++ b/javaSE/javaSE/gradle.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 GROUP=com.smartdevicelink
 POM_ARTIFACT_ID=sdl_java_se
-VERSION_NAME=5.3.0
 
 POM_NAME=sdl_java_se
 POM_PACKAGING=jar