diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2093629..96519cd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ All notable changes to this project are documented here. The format follows Keep
 - None for the health migration; both Test connection record actions, including on-demand write tests, are retained.
 
 ### Changed
+- Read the qbit metadata version from the Maven-filtered artifact version so release metadata matches the build and help bundle.
 - Rechecked the released RC.8 JARs: core still has no S3 session-token/provider hook or file-reference interpreter. Retained both compatibility shims and moved their review deadline to RC.9 under issue #10.
 - Raised the QQQ BOM baseline to released `4.1.0-RC.8` for the central health API.
 - Raised the QQQ BOM baseline to released `4.1.0-RC.7` for the core help-bundle registry and coverage assertions.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3637ef2..919eb97 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@
             <filtering>true</filtering>
             <includes>
                <include>help/*.yaml</include>
+               <include>qbit-object-storage.properties</include>
             </includes>
          </resource>
          <resource>
@@ -186,10 +187,20 @@
             <filtering>false</filtering>
             <excludes>
                <exclude>help/*.yaml</exclude>
+               <exclude>qbit-object-storage.properties</exclude>
             </excludes>
          </resource>
       </resources>
       <plugins>
+         <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+               <systemPropertyVariables combine.children="append">
+                  <qbit.artifactVersion>${project.version}</qbit.artifactVersion>
+               </systemPropertyVariables>
+            </configuration>
+         </plugin>
          <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-checkstyle-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/objectstorage/ObjectStorageQBitProducer.java b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/objectstorage/ObjectStorageQBitProducer.java
index 6d47ab2..367a102 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/objectstorage/ObjectStorageQBitProducer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/objectstorage/ObjectStorageQBitProducer.java
@@ -21,8 +21,11 @@
 package com.kingsrook.qbits.objectstorage;
 
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Properties;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.objectstorage.app.StorageWidgets;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.objectstorage.health.ObjectStorageConnectionChecks;
 import com.kingsrook.qbits.objectstorage.internal.ConfigSync;
@@ -60,13 +63,41 @@ public class ObjectStorageQBitProducer implements QBitMetaDataProducer<ObjectSto
 {
    public static final String GROUP_ID    = "com.kingsrook.qbits";
    public static final String ARTIFACT_ID = "qbit-object-storage";
-   public static final String VERSION     = "0.1.0";
+   public static final String VERSION     = loadVersion();
 
    private ObjectStorageQBitConfig qBitConfig;
    private String                  namespace;
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    ** Read the artifact version from the Maven-filtered resource.
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   private static String loadVersion()
+   {
+      try(InputStream inputStream = ObjectStorageQBitProducer.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("qbit-object-storage.properties"))
+      {
+         if(inputStream == null)
+         {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Missing qbit-object-storage.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("${"))
+         {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Missing or unfiltered version in qbit-object-storage.properties; build with Maven");
+         }
+         return (version);
+      }
+      catch(IOException e)
+      {
+         throw new IllegalStateException("Could not read artifact version from qbit-object-storage.properties", e);
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Fluent setter for the config.
     *******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/main/resources/qbit-object-storage.properties b/src/main/resources/qbit-object-storage.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..defbd48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/qbit-object-storage.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+version=${project.version}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/objectstorage/ObjectStorageHelpBundleTest.java b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/objectstorage/ObjectStorageHelpBundleTest.java
index f57d9d3..91a393a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/objectstorage/ObjectStorageHelpBundleTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/objectstorage/ObjectStorageHelpBundleTest.java
@@ -59,7 +59,13 @@ class ObjectStorageHelpBundleTest
 
       assertThat(instance.getTable("helpContent")).isNull();
       assertThat(HelpBundles.of(instance).getBundles()).singleElement()
-         .satisfies(bundle -> assertThat(bundle.getId()).isEqualTo("qbit-object-storage"));
+         .satisfies(bundle ->
+         {
+            assertThat(bundle.getId()).isEqualTo("qbit-object-storage");
+            assertThat(System.getProperty("qbit.artifactVersion")).isNotBlank();
+            assertThat(bundle.getVersion()).isEqualTo(System.getProperty("qbit.artifactVersion"))
+               .isEqualTo(ObjectStorageQBitProducer.VERSION);
+         });
       HelpBundles.syncOnStartup(instance);
       Set<String> keys = HelpBundles.of(instance).getBundles().get(0).getEntries().stream()
          .map(entry -> entry.getKey()).collect(Collectors.toSet());
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/objectstorage/ObjectStorageQBitProducerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/objectstorage/ObjectStorageQBitProducerTest.java
index efbb394..ff815f8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/objectstorage/ObjectStorageQBitProducerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qbits/objectstorage/ObjectStorageQBitProducerTest.java
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ class ObjectStorageQBitProducerTest
       ObjectStorageQBitConfig config    = new ObjectStorageQBitConfig().withBackendName("rdbms");
       ObjectStorageQBitProducer producer  = new ObjectStorageQBitProducer().withQBitConfig(config).withNamespace("object_storage");
 
+      String artifactVersion = System.getProperty("qbit.artifactVersion");
+      assertThat(artifactVersion).isNotBlank();
+      assertThat(ObjectStorageQBitProducer.VERSION).isEqualTo(artifactVersion);
+      assertThat(producer.getQBitMetaData().getVersion()).isEqualTo(artifactVersion);
       assertThat(producer.isEnabled()).isTrue();
       assertThat(producer.getQBitConfig()).isSameAs(config);
       assertThat(producer.getNamespace()).isEqualTo("object_storage");