diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8993a3c..5cb0c90 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented here. The format follows Keep
 ## [0.1.0] - Unreleased
 
 ### Fixed
+- Read the QBit metadata version from the Maven-filtered artifact version so release builds report their release version.
 - Record-view child lists (e.g. a notification's Recipients) failed with "Error in JSON Serialization": the child table's meta-data includes the qbit config, and `AlertsQBitConfig.getRuntime()` points at a runtime that points back at the config, so Jackson recursed to its 1000-level nesting limit. `getRuntime()` and `getAudienceResolver()` are now `@JsonIgnore`, as in the other qbits' configs. A regression test renders and serializes every child-list widget.
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1b59ae9..86e7a2c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@
             <filtering>true</filtering>
             <includes>
                <include>help/*.yaml</include>
+               <include>qbit-alerts.properties</include>
             </includes>
          </resource>
          <resource>
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@
             <filtering>false</filtering>
             <excludes>
                <exclude>help/*.yaml</exclude>
+               <exclude>qbit-alerts.properties</exclude>
             </excludes>
          </resource>
       </resources>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/alerts/AlertsQBitProducer.java b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/alerts/AlertsQBitProducer.java
index 9d76be0..cff8d5e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/alerts/AlertsQBitProducer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/alerts/AlertsQBitProducer.java
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
 package com.kingsrook.qbits.alerts;
 
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Properties;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.alerts.delivery.DeliveryWorker;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.alerts.engine.AlertsProcessListener;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.alerts.engine.AlertsSinkAdapter;
@@ -66,7 +69,7 @@ public class AlertsQBitProducer implements QBitMetaDataProducer<AlertsQBitConfig
 
    public static final String GROUP_ID    = "com.kingsrook.qbits";
    public static final String ARTIFACT_ID = "qbit-alerts";
-   public static final String VERSION     = "0.1.0";
+   public static final String VERSION     = loadVersion();
 
    private static final String JAVALIN_CLASS = "com.kingsrook.qqq.middleware.javalin.QJavalinMetaData";
 
@@ -75,6 +78,34 @@ public class AlertsQBitProducer implements QBitMetaDataProducer<AlertsQBitConfig
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Read the artifact version from the Maven-filtered resource.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private static String loadVersion()
+   {
+      try(InputStream inputStream = AlertsQBitProducer.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("qbit-alerts.properties"))
+      {
+         if(inputStream == null)
+         {
+            throw (new IllegalStateException("Missing qbit-alerts.properties; build with Maven to generate the artifact version"));
+         }
+         Properties properties = new Properties();
+         properties.load(inputStream);
+         String version = properties.getProperty("version");
+         if(version == null || version.isBlank() || version.contains("${"))
+         {
+            throw (new IllegalStateException("Missing or invalid version in qbit-alerts.properties; build with Maven resource filtering enabled"));
+         }
+         return (version);
+      }
+      catch(IOException e)
+      {
+         throw (new IllegalStateException("Could not read artifact version from qbit-alerts.properties", e));
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Fluent setter for the config.
     *******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/main/resources/qbit-alerts.properties b/src/main/resources/qbit-alerts.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..defbd48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/qbit-alerts.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+version=${project.version}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/alerts/AlertsQBitProducerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/alerts/AlertsQBitProducerTest.java
index be7f03f..243773f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/alerts/AlertsQBitProducerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/alerts/AlertsQBitProducerTest.java
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ class AlertsQBitProducerTest extends BaseAlertsTest
    void testProduce()
    {
       assertThat(qInstance.getQBits()).hasSize(1);
+      assertThat(System.getProperty("qbit.artifactVersion")).isNotBlank().isEqualTo(AlertsQBitProducer.VERSION);
+      assertThat(qInstance.getQBits().values().iterator().next().getVersion()).isEqualTo(System.getProperty("qbit.artifactVersion"));
       assertThat(qInstance.getQBits().values().iterator().next().getArtifactId()).isEqualTo(AlertsQBitProducer.ARTIFACT_ID);
       assertThat(AlertsRuntime.find(qInstance)).isSameAs(runtime);
       assertThat(AlertsRuntime.find(new QInstance())).isNull();
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/alerts/AlertsTablesGuardrailTest.java b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/alerts/AlertsTablesGuardrailTest.java
index 7a3440b..c674c46 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/alerts/AlertsTablesGuardrailTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/alerts/AlertsTablesGuardrailTest.java
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class AlertsTablesGuardrailTest extends BaseAlertsTest
       assertThat(HelpBundles.of(qInstance).getBundles()).singleElement().satisfies(bundle ->
       {
          assertThat(bundle.getId()).isEqualTo("qbit-alerts");
-         assertThat(bundle.getVersion()).as("the help bundle carries the artifact version").isEqualTo(System.getProperty("qbit.artifactVersion"));
+         assertThat(bundle.getVersion()).as("the help bundle carries the artifact and producer version").isEqualTo(System.getProperty("qbit.artifactVersion")).isEqualTo(AlertsQBitProducer.VERSION);
       });
       HelpBundles.syncOnStartup(qInstance);
    }