diff --git a/.github/workflows/plugin_install.yml b/.github/workflows/plugin_install.yml
index 684cfd7451..ba11120c9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/plugin_install.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/plugin_install.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Plugin Install
 on: [push, pull_request, workflow_dispatch]
 
 env:
-  OPENSEARCH_VERSION: 1.3.7
+  OPENSEARCH_VERSION: 1.3.8
   PLUGIN_NAME: opensearch-security
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 01c90b995a..5c7b817826 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ repositories {
 
 ext {
     isSnapshot = "true" == System.getProperty("build.snapshot", "true")
-    opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "1.3.7-SNAPSHOT")
+    opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "1.3.8-SNAPSHOT")
     buildVersionQualifier = System.getProperty("build.version_qualifier", "")
     version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')
     opensearch_build = version_tokens[0] + '.0'
@@ -400,6 +400,13 @@ task updateVersion {
     doLast {
         ext.newVersion = System.getProperty('newVersion')
         println "Setting version to ${newVersion}."
+        // String tokenization to support -SNAPSHOT
+        ant.replaceregexp(match: opensearch_version.tokenize('-')[0], replace: newVersion.tokenize('-')[0], flags:'g', byline:true) {
+            fileset(dir: projectDir) {
+                // Include the required files that needs to be updated with new Version
+                include(name: ".github/workflows/plugin_install.yml")
+            }
+        }
         ant.replaceregexp(file:'build.gradle', match: '"opensearch.version", "\\d.*"', replace: '"opensearch.version", "' + newVersion.tokenize('-')[0] + '-SNAPSHOT"', flags:'g', byline:true)
     }
 }