diff --git a/operator-framework-core/pom.xml b/operator-framework-core/pom.xml
index bb8e3bcda7..74227d21be 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/pom.xml
+++ b/operator-framework-core/pom.xml
@@ -40,13 +40,26 @@
           <generateGitPropertiesFilename>${project.build.outputDirectory}/version.properties
           </generateGitPropertiesFilename>
           <includeOnlyProperties>
-            <includeOnlyProperty>^git.build.(time|version)$</includeOnlyProperty>
+            <includeOnlyProperty>^git.build.time$</includeOnlyProperty>
             <includeOnlyProperty>^git.commit.id.(abbrev|full)$</includeOnlyProperty>
             <includeOnlyProperty>git.branch</includeOnlyProperty>
           </includeOnlyProperties>
           <commitIdGenerationMode>full</commitIdGenerationMode>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+        <artifactId>templating-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>filtering-java-templates</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>filter-sources</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java-templates/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/Versions.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java-templates/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/Versions.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d67199510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java-templates/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/Versions.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.config;
+
+public final class Versions {
+
+  private Versions() {}
+
+  protected static final String JOSDK = "${project.version}";
+  protected static final String KUBERNETES_CLIENT = "${fabric8-client.version}";
+
+}
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/Utils.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/Utils.java
index c98ab895f7..bee5b96cbe 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/Utils.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/Utils.java
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ public static Version loadFromProperties() {
       builtTime = Date.from(Instant.EPOCH);
     }
     return new Version(
-        properties.getProperty("git.build.version", "unknown"),
         properties.getProperty("git.commit.id.abbrev", "unknown"),
         builtTime);
   }
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/Version.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/Version.java
index 6bfb5bb2e5..d43d8aa1cf 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/Version.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/Version.java
@@ -6,14 +6,11 @@
 /** A class encapsulating the version information associated with this SDK instance. */
 public class Version {
 
-  public static final Version UNKNOWN = new Version("unknown", "unknown", Date.from(Instant.EPOCH));
-
-  private final String sdk;
+  public static final Version UNKNOWN = new Version("unknown", Date.from(Instant.EPOCH));
   private final String commit;
   private final Date builtTime;
 
-  public Version(String sdkVersion, String commit, Date builtTime) {
-    this.sdk = sdkVersion;
+  public Version(String commit, Date builtTime) {
     this.commit = commit;
     this.builtTime = builtTime;
   }
@@ -24,7 +21,7 @@ public Version(String sdkVersion, String commit, Date builtTime) {
    * @return the SDK project version
    */
   public String getSdkVersion() {
-    return sdk;
+    return Versions.JOSDK;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -45,4 +42,14 @@ public String getCommit() {
   public Date getBuiltTime() {
     return builtTime;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the version of the Fabric8 Kubernetes Client being used by this version of the SDK
+   *
+   * @return the Fabric8 Kubernetes Client version
+   */
+  @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+  public String getKubernetesClientVersion() {
+    return Versions.KUBERNETES_CLIENT;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/VersionTest.java b/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/VersionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a6b8002e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/config/VersionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.api.config;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+public class VersionTest {
+
+  @Test
+  void versionShouldReturnTheSameResultFromMavenAndProperties() {
+    String versionFromProperties = Utils.loadFromProperties().getSdkVersion();
+    String versionFromMaven = Version.UNKNOWN.getSdkVersion();
+
+    assertEquals(versionFromProperties, versionFromMaven);
+  }
+
+}