diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 31b3057617..071cb6fb13 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-group = "io.papermc.paper"
+group = io.papermc.paper
 version = 1.17-R0.1-SNAPSHOT
 
 mcVersion = 1.17
diff --git a/patches/api/Convert-project-to-Gradle.patch b/patches/api/Convert-project-to-Gradle.patch
index 34d75bd8bb..b72a8aaebd 100644
--- a/patches/api/Convert-project-to-Gradle.patch
+++ b/patches/api/Convert-project-to-Gradle.patch
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..00000000000000000000000000000000
 --- /dev/null
 +++ b/build.gradle.kts
 @@ -0,0 +0,0 @@
++import java.util.Locale
++
 +plugins {
 +    `java-library`
 +    checkstyle
@@ -53,7 +55,18 @@ index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..00000000000000000000000000000000
 +    checkstyle("com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:8.39")
 +}
 +
++val generateApiVersioningFile by tasks.registering {
++    val pomProps = layout.buildDirectory.file("pom.properties")
++    outputs.file(pomProps)
++    doLast {
++        pomProps.get().asFile.writeText("version=${project.version}")
++    }
++}
++
 +tasks.jar {
++    from(generateApiVersioningFile.map { it.outputs.files.singleFile }) {
++        into("META-INF/maven/${project.group}/${project.name.toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH)}")
++    }
 +    manifest {
 +        attributes += mapOf(
 +            "Automatic-Module-Name" to "org.bukkit"