To have the version show up in the application list you can use the `build-info` goal from the `spring-boot-maven-plugin`, which generates the `META-INF/build-info.properties`. See also the http://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current-SNAPSHOT/reference/htmlsingle/#howto-build-info[Spring Boot Reference Guide].
For *Spring Boot* applications the easiest way to show the version, is to use the `build-info` goal from the `spring-boot-maven-plugin`, which generates the `META-INF/build-info.properties`. See also the http://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current-SNAPSHOT/reference/htmlsingle/#howto-build-info[Spring Boot Reference Guide].
For *non-Spring Boot* applications you can either add a `version` or `build.version` to the registration metadata and the version will show up in the application list.