diff --git a/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/CatkinPlugin.groovy b/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/CatkinPlugin.groovy
index 61d19d2483f3599f95fede2c303b20132bb8f509..518023a6073adcc5fc10f983349d4b7ff0a9b54b 100644
--- a/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/CatkinPlugin.groovy
+++ b/gradle_plugins/src/main/groovy/org/ros/gradle_plugins/CatkinPlugin.groovy
@@ -156,10 +156,10 @@ class CatkinPackage {
 
     /*
      * Hack to work around for rosjava_test_msgs - look in a subfolder for the
-     * msgs and name the artifact by the subfolder name.
+     * msgs and name the artifact by the subfolder name/version.
      */
     def void generateMessageArtifactInSubFolder(Project p, String subfolderName, List<String> dependencies) {
-        p.version = version
+        // p.version = version use the subfolder's project version
         p.dependencies.add("compile", 'org.ros.rosjava_bootstrap:message_generation:0.1.+')
         dependencies.each { d ->
             p.dependencies.add("compile", p.dependencies.project(path: ':' + d))