diff --git a/dependency-check-ant/src/main/resources/task.properties b/dependency-check-ant/src/main/resources/task.properties
index 5224197b6..bde845c47 100644
--- a/dependency-check-ant/src/main/resources/task.properties
+++ b/dependency-check-ant/src/main/resources/task.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+application.name=${pom.name}
+application.version=${pom.version}
+
 # the path to the data directory
 data.directory=dependency-check-data