return mavenVersion;
    }

    private String loadMavenVersion() {
        Properties props = new Properties();

        String resource = "META-INF/maven/org.apache.maven/maven-core/pom.properties";

        try (InputStream is = DefaultRuntimeInformation.class.getResourceAsStream("/" + resource)) {
            if (is != null) {
                props.load(is);
            } else {

        String mavenVersion = rtInfo.getMavenVersion();

        if (mavenVersion == null || mavenVersion.isEmpty()) {
            throw new InitializationException("Unable to read Maven version from maven-core");
        }

        applicationVersion = new DefaultArtifactVersion(mavenVersion);
    }