diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/reporting/ReportGenerator.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/reporting/ReportGenerator.java
index a97aef3fa..539cbbc85 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/reporting/ReportGenerator.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/reporting/ReportGenerator.java
@@ -125,6 +125,28 @@ public class ReportGenerator {
         context.put("version", Settings.getString(Settings.KEYS.APPLICATION_VERSION, "Unknown"));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Constructs a new ReportGenerator.
+     *
+     * @param applicationName the application name being analyzed
+     * @param applicationVersion the application version being analyzed
+     * @param artifactID the application version being analyzed
+     * @param applicationVersion the application version being analyzed
+     * @param dependencies the list of dependencies
+     * @param analyzers the list of analyzers used
+     * @param properties the database properties (containing timestamps of the
+     * NVD CVE data)
+     */
+
+    public ReportGenerator(String applicationName,String applicationVersion,String artifactID,String groupID, List<Dependency> dependencies, List<Analyzer> analyzers, DatabaseProperties properties) {
+
+        this(applicationName,dependencies,analyzers,properties);
+        context.put("applicationVersion",applicationVersion);
+        context.put("artifactID",artifactID);
+        context.put("groupID",groupID);
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Creates a new Velocity Engine.
      *
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/schema/dependency-check.1.3.xsd b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/schema/dependency-check.1.3.xsd
index 023eb6f15..a41310151 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/schema/dependency-check.1.3.xsd
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/schema/dependency-check.1.3.xsd
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
                     <xs:complexType>
                         <xs:sequence>
                             <xs:element name="name" type="xs:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
+                            <xs:element name="version" type="xs:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
+                            <xs:element name="artifactID" type="xs:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
+                            <xs:element name="groupID" type="xs:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
                             <xs:element name="reportDate" type="xs:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
                             <xs:element name="credits" type="xs:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
                         </xs:sequence>
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/schema/dependency-check.1.4.xsd b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/schema/dependency-check.1.4.xsd
index 01178fa7e..aa8a8547f 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/schema/dependency-check.1.4.xsd
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/schema/dependency-check.1.4.xsd
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
     <xs:complexType name="projectInfo">
         <xs:sequence>
             <xs:element name="name" type="xs:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
+            <xs:element name="version" type="xs:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
+            <xs:element name="artifactID" type="xs:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
+            <xs:element name="groupID" type="xs:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
             <xs:element name="reportDate" type="xs:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
             <xs:element name="credits" type="xs:string" minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1" />
         </xs:sequence>
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/templates/XmlReport.vsl b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/templates/XmlReport.vsl
index 143826c57..166f5df14 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/templates/XmlReport.vsl
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/templates/XmlReport.vsl
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ Copyright (c) 2012 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
     </scanInfo>
     <projectInfo>
         <name>$enc.xml($applicationName)</name>
+        <version>$enc.xml($version)</version>
+        <artifactID>$enc.xml($artifactID)</artifactID>
+        <groupID>$enc.xml($groupID)</groupID>
         <reportDate>$scanDateXML</reportDate>
         <credits>This report contains data retrieved from the National Vulnerability Database: http://nvd.nist.gov</credits>
     </projectInfo>
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/reporting/ReportGeneratorIntegrationTest.java b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/reporting/ReportGeneratorIntegrationTest.java
index f379d332d..a911a39dd 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/reporting/ReportGeneratorIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/test/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/reporting/ReportGeneratorIntegrationTest.java
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ public class ReportGeneratorIntegrationTest extends BaseDBTestCase {
             
             CveDB cveDB = CveDB.getInstance();
             DatabaseProperties dbProp = cveDB.getDatabaseProperties();
-            
-            ReportGenerator generator = new ReportGenerator("Test Report", engine.getDependencies(), engine.getAnalyzers(), dbProp);
+
+            ReportGenerator generator = new ReportGenerator("Test Report","1.4.7","dependency-check-core","org.owasp", engine.getDependencies(), engine.getAnalyzers(), dbProp);
             generator.generateReport(templateName, writeTo);
             
             engine.cleanup();
diff --git a/dependency-check-maven/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/maven/BaseDependencyCheckMojo.java b/dependency-check-maven/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/maven/BaseDependencyCheckMojo.java
index d2e95260c..cc3c3c5d6 100644
--- a/dependency-check-maven/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/maven/BaseDependencyCheckMojo.java
+++ b/dependency-check-maven/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/maven/BaseDependencyCheckMojo.java
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ public abstract class BaseDependencyCheckMojo extends AbstractMojo implements Ma
                 getLog().debug("Unable to retrieve DB Properties", ex);
             }
         }
-        final ReportGenerator r = new ReportGenerator(p.getName(), engine.getDependencies(), engine.getAnalyzers(), prop);
+        final ReportGenerator r = new ReportGenerator(p.getName(),p.getVersion(),p.getArtifactId(),p.getGroupId(), engine.getDependencies(), engine.getAnalyzers(), prop);
         try {
             r.generateReports(outputDir.getAbsolutePath(), format);
         } catch (ReportException ex) {