diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index c8f7b0a2dd561ee045a11b1344addea4a5782908..a491836062b8a75a41cc580d7645e9e3b06c53ff 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@
                 <!-- default to release version -->
                 <!-- put the version file -->
                 <echo message="The build id is: ${build.version}" />
-                <mkdir dir="target/classes/hudson" />
-                <echo file="target/classes/hudson/hudson-version.properties">version=${build.version}
+                <mkdir dir="target/classes/model/hudson" />
+                <echo file="target/classes/hudson/model/hudson-version.properties">version=${build.version}
                 </echo>
 
                 <!-- download winsw.exe -->
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/hudson-version.properties b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/hudson-version.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/java/hudson/hudson-version.properties
rename to core/src/main/java/hudson/model/hudson-version.properties