diff --git a/.github/actions/build/action.yml b/.github/actions/build/action.yml
index be1f2b72..5152764c 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build/action.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ runs:
       id: read-version
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        version=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression="project.version" -q -DforceStdout)
+        version=$(sed -n 's/^.*<revision>\(.*\)<\/revision>.*$/\1/p' pom.xml)
         echo "Version is $version"
         echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fe8231c1..49ef0239 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.retry</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-retry</artifactId>
-	<version>2.0.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>${revision}</version>
 	<name>Spring Retry</name>
 	<description><![CDATA[
 		Spring Retry provides an abstraction around retrying failed operations, with an
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 		</license>
 	</licenses>
 	<properties>
+		<revision>2.0.12-SNAPSHOT</revision>
 		<disable.checks>false</disable.checks>
 		<java.version>17</java.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -302,6 +303,27 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>1.6.0</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
+					<flattenMode>oss</flattenMode>
+					<pomElements>
+						<profiles>remove</profiles>
+					</pomElements>
+				</configuration>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>flatten</id>
+						<phase>process-resources</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>flatten</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>