diff --git a/distribution/src/assembly/bin.xml b/distribution/src/assembly/bin.xml
index e1dd563137..cbf96230a6 100755
--- a/distribution/src/assembly/bin.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/assembly/bin.xml
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@
                 <exclude>**/*.bat</exclude>
                 <exclude>**/wrapper.conf</exclude>
                 <exclude>build.xml</exclude>
+                <exclude>version.txt</exclude>
             </excludes>
         </fileSet>
 
@@ -354,6 +355,13 @@
     </fileSets>
 
     <files>
+        <file>
+            <source>target/wso2carbon-core-${carbon.kernel.version}/bin/version.txt</source>
+            <outputDirectory>wso2mi-${pom.version}/bin/</outputDirectory>
+            <filtered>true</filtered>
+            <fileMode>644</fileMode>
+        </file>
+
         <file>
             <source>src/conf/wrapper.conf</source>
             <outputDirectory>wso2mi-${pom.version}/bin/yajsw</outputDirectory>