diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
index ef9be913f..6a737631c 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/resources/dependencycheck.properties
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ application.version=${pom.version}
 autoupdate=true
 max.download.threads=3
 
+# the url to obtain the current engine version from
+engine.version.url=http://jeremylong.github.io/DependencyCheck/current.txt
+
 #temp.directory defaults to System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")
 #temp.directory=[path to temp directory]
 
diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties b/dependency-check-core/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties
index 2a364e089..a0a7c8aad 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ application.version=${pom.version}
 autoupdate=true
 max.download.threads=3
 
+# the url to obtain the current engine version from
+engine.version.url=http://jeremylong.github.io/DependencyCheck/current.txt
+
 #temp.directory defaults to System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")
 #temp.directory=[path to temp directory]
 
diff --git a/dependency-check-utils/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties b/dependency-check-utils/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties
index bdcbe1a41..2b9b6fcf2 100644
--- a/dependency-check-utils/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-utils/src/test/resources/dependencycheck.properties
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ application.version=${pom.version}
 autoupdate=true
 max.download.threads=3
 
+# the url to obtain the current engine version from
+engine.version.url=http://jeremylong.github.io/DependencyCheck/current.txt
+
 #temp.directory defaults to System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")
 #temp.directory=[path to temp directory]