diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e5b71839cf2209bbadacca3449bbbd7f5032f160..d705e2ebf584482f693317c312108bd48a8d895b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ jastadd {
     jastaddOptions = ["--lineColumnNumbers", "--safeLazy", "--visitCheck=true", "--rewrite=cnta", "--cache=all"]
 }
 
-def versionFile = 'src/main/resources/Version.properties'
+def versionFile = 'src/main/resources/RelASTVersion.properties'
 task updateVersion {
     /* version string handling adapted from https://bitbucket.org/extendj/extendj/src/master/build.gradle
        written by Jesper Öqvist <jesper.oqvist@cs.lth.se> */
     group 'build'
-    description 'Updates the version file Version.properties'
+    description 'Updates the version file for RelAST'
 
     doLast {
         def oldProps = new Properties()
diff --git a/src/main/resources/.gitignore b/src/main/resources/.gitignore
index 2e45811b629e2b0ae1a445398b44ba403ecf4b92..e4a21f4a3975000dd59369f1430ec3e931b4e3e3 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/.gitignore
+++ b/src/main/resources/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version.properties
+RelASTVersion.properties