diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index a491836062b8a75a41cc580d7645e9e3b06c53ff..1f16f38a7d7316ddacda7f8eb40dfefa3d97c28f 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
                 <!-- default to release version -->
                 <!-- put the version file -->
                 <echo message="The build id is: ${build.version}" />
-                <mkdir dir="target/classes/model/hudson" />
+                <mkdir dir="target/classes/hudson/model" />
                 <echo file="target/classes/hudson/model/hudson-version.properties">version=${build.version}
                 </echo>