diff --git a/connector/pom.xml b/connector/pom.xml
index c9740ea44..229761adf 100644
--- a/connector/pom.xml
+++ b/connector/pom.xml
@@ -164,4 +164,83 @@
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>pl.project13.maven</groupId>
+                <artifactId>git-commit-id-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>4.0.0</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>get-the-git-infos</id>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>revision</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <generateGitPropertiesFile>true</generateGitPropertiesFile>
+                    <generateGitPropertiesFilename>${project.build.outputDirectory}/git.properties</generateGitPropertiesFilename>
+                    <format>properties</format>
+                    <failOnNoGitDirectory>false</failOnNoGitDirectory>
+                    <failOnUnableToExtractRepoInfo>false</failOnUnableToExtractRepoInfo>
+                    <runOnlyOnce>false</runOnlyOnce>
+                    <verbose>true</verbose>
+                    <skipPoms>false</skipPoms>
+                    <excludeProperties>
+                        <excludeProperty>git.user.*</excludeProperty>
+                    </excludeProperties>
+                    <commitIdGenerationMode>flat</commitIdGenerationMode>
+                    <gitDescribe>
+                        <always>true</always>
+                    </gitDescribe>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>com.google.code.maven-replacer-plugin</groupId>
+                <artifactId>replacer</artifactId>
+                <version>1.5.3</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>add-version</id>
+                        <phase>process-sources</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>replace</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <includes>
+                                <include>${project.basedir}/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/GeyserConnector.java</include>
+                            </includes>
+                            <replacements>
+                                <replacement>
+                                    <token>VERSION = ".*"</token>
+                                    <value>VERSION = "${project.version} (git-${git.branch}-${git.commit.id.abbrev})"</value>
+                                </replacement>
+                            </replacements>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>remove-version</id>
+                        <phase>process-classes</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>replace</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <includes>
+                                <include>${project.basedir}/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/GeyserConnector.java</include>
+                            </includes>
+                            <replacements>
+                                <replacement>
+                                    <token>VERSION = ".*"</token>
+                                    <value>VERSION = "DEV"</value>
+                                </replacement>
+                            </replacements>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/GeyserConnector.java b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/GeyserConnector.java
index 6c9e8c7db..729952939 100644
--- a/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/GeyserConnector.java
+++ b/connector/src/main/java/org/geysermc/connector/GeyserConnector.java
@@ -28,9 +28,7 @@ package org.geysermc.connector;
 import com.nukkitx.protocol.bedrock.BedrockPacketCodec;
 import com.nukkitx.protocol.bedrock.BedrockServer;
 import com.nukkitx.protocol.bedrock.v390.Bedrock_v390;
-
 import lombok.Getter;
-
 import org.geysermc.common.AuthType;
 import org.geysermc.common.PlatformType;
 import org.geysermc.connector.bootstrap.GeyserBootstrap;
@@ -59,7 +57,7 @@ public class GeyserConnector {
     public static final BedrockPacketCodec BEDROCK_PACKET_CODEC = Bedrock_v390.V390_CODEC;
 
     public static final String NAME = "Geyser";
-    public static final String VERSION = "1.0-SNAPSHOT";
+    public static final String VERSION = "DEV"; // A fallback for running in IDEs
 
     private final Map<InetSocketAddress, GeyserSession> players = new HashMap<>();