diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 85d3527412..f7ac26c097 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ ifeq ($(YCSBSHA),.)
 endif
 TSTAMP:=.$(shell date +"%Y%m%d.%H%M%S")
 
+HSE_YCSB_VER=$(shell cat hse/VERSION)
+HSE_BINDING_VER=$(shell cut -d . -f 4-  hse/VERSION)
+
 .PHONY: all check-hse cleansrcs dist help srcs rpm
 all:	rpm
 
@@ -107,8 +110,9 @@ cleanbuilds:
 	rm -rf $(TOPDIR)/{BUILD,RPMS,SRPMS}
 
 dist: check-hse
+	mvn versions:set-property -DnewVersion=$(HSE_BINDING_VER) -Dproperty=hse.version
 	mvn install:install-file -Dfile=$(HSE_JAR) -DgroupId=test.org.hse\
-		-DartifactId=hse -Dversion=0.1 -Dpackaging=jar
+		-DartifactId=hse -Dversion=$(HSE_BINDING_VER) -Dpackaging=jar
 	mvn clean package
 
 help:
@@ -126,6 +130,7 @@ rpm: dist srcs
 		--define="_topdir $(TOPDIR)" \
 		--define="rel_candidate $(REL_CANDIDATE)" \
 		--define="buildno $(JENKINS_BUILDNO)" \
+		--define="hseycsbversion $(HSE_YCSB_VER)" \
 		$(RPMSRCDIR)/hse-ycsb.spec
 
 srcs: cleansrcs
diff --git a/hse-ycsb.spec b/hse-ycsb.spec
index d1d2ed3021..170866980a 100644
--- a/hse-ycsb.spec
+++ b/hse-ycsb.spec
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 Summary: Yahoo! Cloud Serving Benchmark
 Name: hse-ycsb
-Version: 0.17.0.1
+Version: %{hseycsbversion}
 %if %{rel_candidate} == "FALSE"
 Release: %{hseversion}.%{buildno}%{hsesha}%{ycsbsha}%{?dist}
 %else
diff --git a/hse/VERSION b/hse/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fce36f3d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hse/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.17.0.0.0
diff --git a/hse/pom.xml b/hse/pom.xml
index 4178aad6a4..11c45b61c8 100644
--- a/hse/pom.xml
+++ b/hse/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ This code is derived from the ycsb project.
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>test.org.hse</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hse</artifactId>
-			<version>0.1</version>
+			<version>${hse.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 37e58b64b4..0b2bdf55f1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ This code is derived from the ycsb project.
     <tablestore.version>4.8.0</tablestore.version>
     <voltdb.version>9.1.1</voltdb.version>
 
-    <hse.version>0.1</hse.version>
+    <hse.version>0.0</hse.version>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>