diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index f8556e9a7e1..c48cbeda1cb 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -666,6 +666,7 @@ forge-gui-android/AndroidManifest.xml -text
forge-gui-android/assets/fallback_skin/bg_splash.png -text
forge-gui-android/assets/fallback_skin/bg_texture.jpg -text
forge-gui-android/assets/fallback_skin/font1.ttf -text
+forge-gui-android/filters/version.txt -text
forge-gui-android/ic_launcher-web.png -text
forge-gui-android/libs/android-support-v4.jar -text
forge-gui-android/libs/armeabi-v7a/libgdx-freetype.so -text
diff --git a/forge-gui-android/filters/version.txt b/forge-gui-android/filters/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6bc41fb80cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forge-gui-android/filters/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+${alpha-version}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/forge-gui-android/pom.xml b/forge-gui-android/pom.xml
index 79f966472ab..33735d607fd 100644
--- a/forge-gui-android/pom.xml
+++ b/forge-gui-android/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
+
+
+ filters
+ true
+
+
forge-android-${alpha-version}
@@ -350,6 +356,13 @@
+
+
+
+
+