diff --git a/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/EbeanVersion.java b/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/EbeanVersion.java
index b48919d1f..c21ccb5e2 100644
--- a/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/EbeanVersion.java
+++ b/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/EbeanVersion.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class EbeanVersion {
   static {
     try {
       Properties prop = new Properties();
-      try (InputStream in = DB.class.getResourceAsStream("/META-INF/maven/io.ebean/ebean/pom.properties")) {
+      try (InputStream in = DB.class.getResourceAsStream("/META-INF/maven/io.ebean/ebean-api/pom.properties")) {
         if (in != null) {
           prop.load(in);
           in.close();