diff --git a/src/main/java/com/cflint/XMLOutput.java b/src/main/java/com/cflint/XMLOutput.java
index 88cc0e0b2..f602fd352 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/cflint/XMLOutput.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/cflint/XMLOutput.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public class XMLOutput {
 
 	public void output(final BugList bugList, final Writer writer) throws IOException {
 		// final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
-		writer.append("<issues>").append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
+		writer.append("<issues version=\"" + Version.getVersion() + "\">").append(System.getProperty("line.separator"));
 		for (final Entry<String, List<BugInfo>> bugEntry : bugList.getBugList().entrySet()) {
 			final Iterator<BugInfo> iterator = bugEntry.getValue().iterator();
 			BugInfo bugInfo = iterator.hasNext() ? iterator.next() : null;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/findbugs/cflint-to-findbugs.xsl b/src/main/resources/findbugs/cflint-to-findbugs.xsl
index 974926fa5..8f7b6e531 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/findbugs/cflint-to-findbugs.xsl
+++ b/src/main/resources/findbugs/cflint-to-findbugs.xsl
@@ -10,7 +10,11 @@ xmlns:sets="http://exslt.org/sets">
 
 	<!-- timestamp="1385123483628" analysisTimestamp="1385123483675" -->
 	<xsl:template match="/">
-		<BugCollection version="0.1.6" sequence="0" release="">
+		<xsl:variable name="version" select="/issues/@version"/>
+		<BugCollection sequence="0" release="">
+			<xsl:attribute name="version">
+				<xsl:value-of select="$version"/>
+			</xsl:attribute>
 			<Project projectName="">
 			</Project>
 			<xsl:apply-templates select="/issues/issue" />