diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b1f9f4cd..c835460e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1047,6 +1047,8 @@
 									<index-link>${index-link}</index-link>
 
 									<!-- Spring Cloud specific -->
+									<!-- for backward compatibility -->
+									<spring-cloud-version>${project.version}</spring-cloud-version>
 									<project-version>${project.version}</project-version>
 									<github-tag>${github-tag}</github-tag>
 									<version-type>${version-type}</version-type>