diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 02e256190e9ab5aa1bab1bdfbbfdbe51b0e72c51..914bb00993ac1543003055782134f8fa69dbec03 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.kohsuke.stapler</groupId>
       <artifactId>stapler</artifactId>
-      <version>1.65</version>
+      <version>1.66-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <!-- until the next rev of stapler picks up localizer 1.5 -->
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenModule.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenModule.java
index 731843fe951625e4cd1fd2be1310bd4b85b89566..ff9fe746b754305d66fcf3c5cc9027b8327bc499 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenModule.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/MavenModule.java
@@ -47,6 +47,15 @@ public final class MavenModule extends AbstractMavenProject<MavenModule,MavenBui
      */
     private String displayName;
 
+    /**
+     * Version number of this module as of fhe last build, taken from {@link MavenProject#getVersion()}.
+     *
+     * This field can be null if Hudson loaded old data
+     * that didn't record this information, so that situation
+     * needs to be handled gracefully.
+     */
+    private String version;
+
     private transient ModuleName moduleName;
 
     private String relativePath;
@@ -114,6 +123,7 @@ public final class MavenModule extends AbstractMavenProject<MavenModule,MavenBui
      */
     /*package*/ final void reconfigure(PomInfo pom) {
         this.displayName = pom.displayName;
+        this.version = pom.version;
         this.relativePath = pom.relativePath;
         this.dependencies = pom.dependencies;
         this.children = pom.children;
@@ -158,6 +168,18 @@ public final class MavenModule extends AbstractMavenProject<MavenModule,MavenBui
         return relativePath;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets the version number in Maven POM as of the last build.
+     *
+     * @return
+     *      This method can return null if Hudson loaded old data
+     *      that didn't record this information, so that situation
+     *      needs to be handled gracefully.
+     */
+    public String getVersion() {
+        return version;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the list of goals to execute for this module.
      */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/PomInfo.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/PomInfo.java
index e47c402357731c5160e86e90e87d2641be05b6f6..21055b805a5cdd3f0d8849d51b29c5b4790a7f65 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/PomInfo.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/maven/PomInfo.java
@@ -43,6 +43,13 @@ final class PomInfo implements Serializable {
      */
     public final String relativePath;
 
+    /**
+     * Version number taken from POM.
+     *
+     * @see MavenProject#getVersion()
+     */
+    public final String version;
+
     /**
      * Dependency of this project.
      *
@@ -69,6 +76,7 @@ final class PomInfo implements Serializable {
 
     public PomInfo(MavenProject project, PomInfo parent, String relPath) {
         this.name = new ModuleName(project);
+        this.version = project.getVersion();
         this.displayName = project.getName();
         this.defaultGoal = project.getDefaultGoal();
         this.relativePath = relPath;