diff --git a/dependency-check-maven/src/main/resources/mojo.properties b/dependency-check-maven/src/main/resources/mojo.properties
index eadab9896..f203e5aef 100644
--- a/dependency-check-maven/src/main/resources/mojo.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-maven/src/main/resources/mojo.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # the path to the data directory
-data.directory=[JAR]/../../dependency-check-data
+data.directory=[JAR]/../../dependency-check-data/${project.version}