diff --git a/composeApp/build.gradle.kts b/composeApp/build.gradle.kts
index ca42a48..cd49cd9 100644
--- a/composeApp/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/composeApp/build.gradle.kts
@@ -37,13 +37,14 @@ kotlin {
     }
 }
 
-val appVersion = (project.findProperty("appVersion") as? String)?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() } ?: "1.0.0"
+val appVersion = providers.gradleProperty("appVersion").orNull?.takeIf { it.isNotBlank() } ?: "DEV-SNAPSHOT"
 
 val generatedSrcDir = layout.buildDirectory.dir("generated/src/jvmMain/kotlin")
 
 val generateBuildConfig by tasks.registering {
     val outputDir = generatedSrcDir
     val version = appVersion
+    inputs.property("version", version)
     outputs.dir(outputDir)
     doLast {
         val dir = outputDir.get().asFile.resolve("com/rukira/wowbackup")
diff --git a/composeApp/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/rukira/wowbackup/BuildConfigTest.kt b/composeApp/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/rukira/wowbackup/BuildConfigTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91996fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/composeApp/src/jvmTest/kotlin/com/rukira/wowbackup/BuildConfigTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package com.rukira.wowbackup
+
+import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertTrue
+
+class BuildConfigTest {
+    @Test
+    fun testBuildConfigVersionIsNotEmpty() {
+        assertTrue(BuildConfig.VERSION.isNotBlank(), "BuildConfig.VERSION should not be blank")
+    }
+}