diff --git a/src/Artemis.Core/Constants.cs b/src/Artemis.Core/Constants.cs
index f2abc9aa3..e745c8cc3 100644
--- a/src/Artemis.Core/Constants.cs
+++ b/src/Artemis.Core/Constants.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.IO;
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public static class Constants
     /// <summary>
     ///     The current API version for plugins
     /// </summary>
-    public static readonly Version PluginApi = new(1, 0);
+    public static readonly Version PluginApi = CoreAssembly.GetName().Version!;
 
     /// <summary>
     ///     The plugin info used by core components of Artemis
diff --git a/src/Artemis.Core/JsonConverters/ForgivingVersionConverter.cs b/src/Artemis.Core/JsonConverters/ForgivingVersionConverter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8cfe43151
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Artemis.Core/JsonConverters/ForgivingVersionConverter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
+using System;
+
+namespace Artemis.Core.JsonConverters
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Version converter that is forgiving of missing parts of the version string,
+    /// setting them to zero instead of -1.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal class ForgivingVersionConverter : VersionConverter
+    {
+        public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
+        {
+            object obj = base.ReadJson(reader, objectType, existingValue, serializer);
+            if (obj is not Version v)
+                return obj;
+
+            int major = v.Major == -1 ? 0 : v.Major;
+            int minor = v.Minor == -1 ? 0 : v.Minor;
+            int build = v.Build == -1 ? 0 : v.Build;
+            int revision = v.Revision == -1 ? 0 : v.Revision;
+            return new Version(major, minor, build, revision);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Artemis.Core/Plugins/PluginInfo.cs b/src/Artemis.Core/Plugins/PluginInfo.cs
index 7e3957b56..bcc988891 100644
--- a/src/Artemis.Core/Plugins/PluginInfo.cs
+++ b/src/Artemis.Core/Plugins/PluginInfo.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Linq;
+using Artemis.Core.JsonConverters;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace Artemis.Core;
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ public class PluginInfo : CorePropertyChanged, IPrerequisitesSubject
     ///     Gets the API version the plugin was built for
     /// </summary>
     [JsonProperty(DefaultValueHandling = DefaultValueHandling.Populate)]
+    [JsonConverter(typeof(ForgivingVersionConverter))]
     public Version? Api
     {
         get => _api;