diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b0644cab31..8e30fb4914 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -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)
     }
 }