diff --git a/common.gradle b/common.gradle
index 33246566c..87dbf73eb 100644
--- a/common.gradle
+++ b/common.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ apply plugin: 'maven'
 //String jmeVersion = rootProject.version;
 
 String mavenGroupId = 'com.jme3'
-String mavenVersion = jmeVersion + jmeVersionSuffix //'-SNAPSHOT'
+String mavenVersion = jmeVersion + '-' + jmeVersionTag //'-SNAPSHOT'
 
 sourceCompatibility = '1.5'
 [compileJava, compileTestJava]*.options*.encoding = 'UTF-8'
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 2ce238e65..dc2b1e429 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 jmeVersion = 3.0.10
 # Version used for application and settings folder, no spaces!
 jmeMainVersion = 3.1
-# Version addition -pre-alpha-svn, -Stable, -Beta
-jmeVersionSuffix = -pre-alpha-svn
+# Version addition pre-alpha-svn, Stable, Beta
+jmeVersionTag = pre-alpha-svn
 
 # specify if SDK and Native libraries get built
 buildSdkProject = true
diff --git a/jme3-core/build.gradle b/jme3-core/build.gradle
index c5d2b7d2a..1d680cd52 100644
--- a/jme3-core/build.gradle
+++ b/jme3-core/build.gradle
@@ -12,5 +12,15 @@ sourceSets {
     }
 }
 
+task updateVersion << {
+    ant.replaceregexp(
+        file: 'src/main/java/com/jme3/system/JmeVersion.java',
+        match: 'private static final String FULL_NAME = (.*);',
+        replace: 'private static final String FULL_NAME = "jMonkeyEngine ' + jmeVersion + ' (' + jmeVersionTag + ')";',
+        byline: 'true')
+}
+
+compileJava.dependsOn(updateVersion)
+
 dependencies {
 }
diff --git a/sdk/build.gradle b/sdk/build.gradle
index cd6e58e0b..07bf0fd74 100644
--- a/sdk/build.gradle
+++ b/sdk/build.gradle
@@ -389,12 +389,12 @@ copyTestSources.outputs.dir "JME3TestsTemplate/src/"
 copyTestSources.outputs.dir "JME3TestsTemplateAndroid/src/"
 
 ant.properties['plugins.version'] = jmeVersion
-ant.properties['app.version']= jmeMainVersion + jmeVersionSuffix
+ant.properties['app.version']= jmeMainVersion + "-" + jmeVersionTag
 
 task buildSdk(dependsOn: [copyBaseLibs, copyProjectLibs, createProjectXml, createBaseXml, copyTestSources]) <<{
     ant.propertyfile(file: "nbproject/project.properties") {
         entry( key: "plugins.version", value: "${jmeVersion}")
-        entry( key: "app.version", value: "${jmeMainVersion + jmeVersionSuffix}")
+        entry( key: "app.version", value: "${jmeMainVersion + "-" + jmeVersionTag}")
     }
     ant.ant(dir: ".", antfile: "build.xml", target: "build")
 }