diff --git a/tools/maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/smallrye/openapi/mavenplugin/GenerateSchemaMojo.java b/tools/maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/smallrye/openapi/mavenplugin/GenerateSchemaMojo.java
index 664f58544..072356fe4 100644
--- a/tools/maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/smallrye/openapi/mavenplugin/GenerateSchemaMojo.java
+++ b/tools/maven-plugin/src/main/java/io/smallrye/openapi/mavenplugin/GenerateSchemaMojo.java
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.DependencyResolutionRequiredException;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.AbstractMojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException;
-import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Component;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.LifecyclePhase;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Mojo;
 import org.apache.maven.plugins.annotations.Parameter;
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ public class GenerateSchemaMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     /**
      * To specify a custom OpenAPI version.
      */
-    @Parameter(defaultValue = SmallRyeOASConfig.Defaults.VERSION, property = "openApiVersion")
+    @Parameter(property = "openApiVersion")
     private String openApiVersion;
 
     @Parameter(property = "infoTitle")
@@ -272,15 +273,18 @@ enum OutputFileFilter {
     @Parameter(property = "outputFileTypeFilter", defaultValue = "ALL")
     private String outputFileTypeFilter;
 
-    @Component
     private MavenDependencyIndexCreator mavenDependencyIndexCreator;
-
-    @Component
-    MavenProjectHelper mavenProjectHelper;
+    private MavenProjectHelper mavenProjectHelper;
 
     @Parameter(defaultValue = "${project}", required = true, readonly = true)
     private MavenProject mavenProject;
 
+    @Inject
+    public GenerateSchemaMojo(MavenProjectHelper helper, MavenDependencyIndexCreator indexCreator) {
+        mavenDependencyIndexCreator = indexCreator;
+        mavenProjectHelper = helper;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
         if (!skip) {
diff --git a/tools/maven-plugin/src/test/java/io/smallrye/openapi/mavenplugin/BasicIT.java b/tools/maven-plugin/src/test/java/io/smallrye/openapi/mavenplugin/BasicIT.java
index b08bb7848..e004b2cde 100644
--- a/tools/maven-plugin/src/test/java/io/smallrye/openapi/mavenplugin/BasicIT.java
+++ b/tools/maven-plugin/src/test/java/io/smallrye/openapi/mavenplugin/BasicIT.java
@@ -98,6 +98,16 @@ void outputFileTypeFilter_Json(MavenExecutionResult result) throws IOException {
         deleteDirectory(OUTPUT_FILE_TYPE_FILTER_GENERATION_PATH);
     }
 
+    @MavenTest
+    void versionFromProperties(MavenExecutionResult result) throws IOException {
+
+        assertThat(result).isSuccessful();
+
+        testSchema(result, (schema) -> {
+            assertEquals("3.1.1", schema.getOpenapi());
+        });
+    }
+
     private static final Path OUTPUT_FILE_TYPE_FILTER_GENERATION_PATH = Paths.get(System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir"),
             "smallrye-openapi", "maven-plugin", "it");
 
diff --git a/tools/maven-plugin/src/test/resources-its/io/smallrye/openapi/mavenplugin/BasicIT/versionFromProperties/pom.xml b/tools/maven-plugin/src/test/resources-its/io/smallrye/openapi/mavenplugin/BasicIT/versionFromProperties/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c9e52b89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/maven-plugin/src/test/resources-its/io/smallrye/openapi/mavenplugin/BasicIT/versionFromProperties/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>io.smallrye.openapi.mavenplugin</groupId>
+    <artifactId>versionFromProperties</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0</version>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <properties>
+        <infoTitle>Smallrye OpenAPI</infoTitle>
+        <infoVersion>2.1.15</infoVersion>
+    </properties>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>@project.groupId@</groupId>
+                <artifactId>@project.artifactId@</artifactId>
+                <version>@project.version@</version>
+                <goals>
+                    <goal>generate-schema</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                    <infoTitle>${infoTitle}</infoTitle>
+                    <infoVersion>${infoVersion}</infoVersion>
+                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
+                    <configProperties>${basedir}/src/main/resources/application.properties</configProperties>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/tools/maven-plugin/src/test/resources-its/io/smallrye/openapi/mavenplugin/BasicIT/versionFromProperties/src/main/resources/META-INF/openapi.yaml b/tools/maven-plugin/src/test/resources-its/io/smallrye/openapi/mavenplugin/BasicIT/versionFromProperties/src/main/resources/META-INF/openapi.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af86d05c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/maven-plugin/src/test/resources-its/io/smallrye/openapi/mavenplugin/BasicIT/versionFromProperties/src/main/resources/META-INF/openapi.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+openapi: "3.0.3"
+info:
+  x-custom-extension: My Custom Extension
diff --git a/tools/maven-plugin/src/test/resources-its/io/smallrye/openapi/mavenplugin/BasicIT/versionFromProperties/src/main/resources/application.properties b/tools/maven-plugin/src/test/resources-its/io/smallrye/openapi/mavenplugin/BasicIT/versionFromProperties/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3378e8470
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/maven-plugin/src/test/resources-its/io/smallrye/openapi/mavenplugin/BasicIT/versionFromProperties/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mp.openapi.extensions.smallrye.openapi=3.1.1