diff --git a/kie-wb-common-screens/kie-wb-common-project-editor/kie-wb-common-project-editor-client/src/main/java/org/kie/workbench/common/screens/projecteditor/client/wizard/NewProjectWizard.java b/kie-wb-common-screens/kie-wb-common-project-editor/kie-wb-common-project-editor-client/src/main/java/org/kie/workbench/common/screens/projecteditor/client/wizard/NewProjectWizard.java
index 4682278216a..5343120e5fd 100644
--- a/kie-wb-common-screens/kie-wb-common-project-editor/kie-wb-common-project-editor-client/src/main/java/org/kie/workbench/common/screens/projecteditor/client/wizard/NewProjectWizard.java
+++ b/kie-wb-common-screens/kie-wb-common-project-editor/kie-wb-common-project-editor-client/src/main/java/org/kie/workbench/common/screens/projecteditor/client/wizard/NewProjectWizard.java
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ public void setProjectName( final String projectName ) {
         this.projectName = projectName;
         pom = new POM();
         pom.getGav().setArtifactId( projectName );
+        pom.getGav().setVersion("1.0");
         gavWizardPage.setPom( pom );
     }
 }