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 518023a6073adcc5fc10f983349d4b7ff0a9b54b..dca1678f35d1af0954969293768bb5714dab6678 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
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class CatkinPackage {
     
     def void generateMessageArtifact(Project p) {
         p.version = version
-        p.dependencies.add("compile", 'org.ros.rosjava_bootstrap:message_generation:0.1.+')
+        p.dependencies.add("compile", 'org.ros.rosjava_bootstrap:message_generation:[0.1,)')
         messageDependencies().each { d ->
             p.dependencies.add("compile", p.dependencies.project(path: ':' + d))
         }
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ class CatkinPackage {
      */
     def void generateMessageArtifactInSubFolder(Project p, String subfolderName, List<String> dependencies) {
         // p.version = version use the subfolder's project version
-        p.dependencies.add("compile", 'org.ros.rosjava_bootstrap:message_generation:0.1.+')
+        p.dependencies.add("compile", 'org.ros.rosjava_bootstrap:message_generation:[0.1,)')
         dependencies.each { d ->
             p.dependencies.add("compile", p.dependencies.project(path: ':' + d))
         }