diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e4dc35b..35d1dce 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -6,19 +6,17 @@ plugins {
 
 subprojects {
     group = 'com.medly.apifi'
+
+    repositories {
+        jcenter()
+    }
 }
 
-configure(subprojects.findAll {it.name != 'plugin'}) {
+configure(subprojects.findAll {it.name != 'plugin'}) { // no java component publishing for plugin
     apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm'
     apply plugin: 'org.jetbrains.kotlin.kapt'
     apply plugin: "com.kdabir.mksrc"
     apply plugin: "maven-publish"
-    
-
-    repositories {
-        mavenCentral()
-        jcenter()
-    }
 
     dependencies {
         implementation platform('org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-bom')
@@ -82,14 +80,16 @@ project(":cli") {
 project(":runtime") {
 
     dependencies {
-        kapt(platform("io.micronaut:micronaut-bom:$micronautVersion"))
-        kapt("io.micronaut:micronaut-inject-java")
+        // todo do we need kapt in this project?
+        // kapt(platform("io.micronaut:micronaut-bom:$micronautVersion"))
+        // kapt("io.micronaut:micronaut-inject-java")
 
         implementation(platform("io.micronaut:micronaut-bom:$micronautVersion"))
         implementation("io.micronaut:micronaut-inject")
         implementation("io.micronaut:micronaut-http")
         implementation("io.micronaut:micronaut-http-server")
 
-        kaptTest("io.micronaut:micronaut-inject-java")
+        // todo do we need kapt in this project?
+        // kaptTest("io.micronaut:micronaut-inject-java")
     }
 }
diff --git a/plugin/build.gradle b/plugin/build.gradle
index 0d41c9f..75bf4af 100644
--- a/plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin/build.gradle
@@ -6,3 +6,13 @@ plugins {
 dependencies {
     implementation project(":codegen")
 }
+
+project.afterEvaluate {
+    tasks.withType(ProcessResources) { processResources ->
+        inputs.property('projectVersion', project.version)
+
+        filesMatching("version.properties") {
+            expand('projectVersion': project.version)
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/groovy/apifi/ApifiCodegen.groovy b/plugin/src/main/groovy/apifi/ApifiCodegen.groovy
index 22178ee..cc6eba2 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/groovy/apifi/ApifiCodegen.groovy
+++ b/plugin/src/main/groovy/apifi/ApifiCodegen.groovy
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 package apifi
 
 import apifi.codegen.*
+import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
 import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputFile
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputDirectory
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
 
+@CompileStatic
 class ApifiCodegen extends DefaultTask {
 
     @InputFile
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/groovy/apifi/VersionLoader.groovy b/plugin/src/main/groovy/apifi/VersionLoader.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2cd578
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/main/groovy/apifi/VersionLoader.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package apifi
+
+import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
+
+@CompileStatic
+class VersionLoader {
+    static final String VERSION_PROPERTIES_PATH = "/version.properties"
+
+    private static String load() {
+        def stream = VersionLoader.getResourceAsStream(VERSION_PROPERTIES_PATH)
+        if (stream == null) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("""\
+                Could not load version.properties.
+                This could happen when plugin jar is deleted
+                Try Stopping Gradle Daemon (gradle --stop)""".stripIndent())
+        }
+        final Properties versions = new Properties()
+        versions.load(stream);
+
+        return versions['project.version'] ?: 'unspecified'
+    }
+}
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/groovy/com.medly.apifi.gradle b/plugin/src/main/groovy/com.medly.apifi.gradle
index 2e59963..cfd1171 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/groovy/com.medly.apifi.gradle
+++ b/plugin/src/main/groovy/com.medly.apifi.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+def apifiVersion = apifi.VersionLoader.load()
+
 dependencies {
-    implementation(group: 'com.medly.apifi', name: 'runtime', version: this.getVersion())
+    implementation(group: 'com.medly.apifi', name: 'runtime', version: apifiVersion)
 }
 
 tasks.register('apifi', apifi.ApifiCodegen)
diff --git a/plugin/src/main/resources/version.properties b/plugin/src/main/resources/version.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..041b91d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugin/src/main/resources/version.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+project.version=${projectVersion}