diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 71e6eec..db1d725 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@ plugins {
     java
     `java-library`
     id("com.diffplug.spotless") version "6.1.2"
+    id ("com.palantir.git-version") version "0.12.3"
 }
 
+val versionDetails: groovy.lang.Closure<com.palantir.gradle.gitversion.VersionDetails> by extra
+val git = versionDetails()
+
 group = "de.bluecolored.bluemap.api"
 
 val apiVersion: String by project
@@ -56,3 +60,16 @@ tasks.javadoc {
         }
     }
 }
+
+tasks.processResources {
+    from("src/main/resources") {
+        include("de/bluecolored/bluemap/api/version.json")
+        duplicatesStrategy = DuplicatesStrategy.INCLUDE
+
+        expand (
+            "version" to project.version,
+            "gitHash" to git.gitHashFull,
+            "gitClean" to git.isCleanTag
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/api/BlueMapAPI.java b/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/api/BlueMapAPI.java
index 869704d..4659984 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/api/BlueMapAPI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/api/BlueMapAPI.java
@@ -24,10 +24,14 @@
  */
 package de.bluecolored.bluemap.api;
 
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
 import de.bluecolored.bluemap.api.debug.DebugDump;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.Reader;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.util.*;
@@ -44,13 +48,15 @@ public abstract class BlueMapAPI {
     private static final String VERSION, GIT_HASH, GIT_CLEAN;
     static {
         String version = "DEV", gitHash = "DEV", gitClean = "DEV";
-        URL url = BlueMapAPI.class.getResource("/de/bluecolored/bluemap/api/version");
+        URL url = BlueMapAPI.class.getResource("/de/bluecolored/bluemap/api/version.json");
         if (url != null) {
-            try (InputStream in = url.openStream(); Scanner scanner = new Scanner(in)) {
-                version = scanner.nextLine();
-                gitHash = scanner.nextLine();
-                gitClean = scanner.nextLine();
-            } catch (IOException ex) {
+            Gson gson = new Gson();
+            try (InputStream in = url.openStream(); Reader reader = new InputStreamReader(in)) {
+                JsonObject element = gson.fromJson(reader, JsonElement.class).getAsJsonObject();
+                version = element.get("version").getAsString();
+                gitHash = element.get("git-hash").getAsString();
+                gitClean = element.get("git-clean").getAsString();
+            } catch (Exception ex) {
                 System.err.println("Failed to load version from resources!");
                 ex.printStackTrace();
             }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/de.bluecolored.bluemap.api/version b/src/main/resources/de.bluecolored.bluemap.api/version
deleted file mode 100644
index f048a44..0000000
--- a/src/main/resources/de.bluecolored.bluemap.api/version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-${version}
-${gitHash}
-${gitClean}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/resources/de.bluecolored.bluemap.api/version.json b/src/main/resources/de.bluecolored.bluemap.api/version.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1d2c53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/de.bluecolored.bluemap.api/version.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+	"version": "${version}",
+	"git-hash": "${gitHash}",
+	"git-clean": "${gitClean}"
+}
\ No newline at end of file