diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a326f99e06..0729baecb4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ buildscript {
         version_tokens = opensearch_version.tokenize('-')
         opensearch_build = version_tokens[0] + '.0'
 
-        common_utils_version = System.getProperty("common_utils.version", opensearch_build)
+        common_utils_version = System.getProperty("common_utils.version", '2.1.0.0')
 
 
         if (buildVersionQualifier) {