diff --git a/client/pom.xml b/client/pom.xml
index 82ddaa67..0d0d525f 100644
--- a/client/pom.xml
+++ b/client/pom.xml
@@ -77,21 +77,6 @@
       </resource>
     </resources>
     <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>buildnumber-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <locale>en_US</locale>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>create</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>validate</phase>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/client/src/main/resources/org/mvndaemon/mvnd/client/build.properties b/client/src/main/resources/org/mvndaemon/mvnd/client/build.properties
index 3f441a55..ea4160db 100644
--- a/client/src/main/resources/org/mvndaemon/mvnd/client/build.properties
+++ b/client/src/main/resources/org/mvndaemon/mvnd/client/build.properties
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-revision=${buildNumber}
+revision=${nisse.jgit.commit}
 version=${project.version}
 os.detected.name=${os.detected.name}
 os.detected.arch=${os.detected.arch}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6fa50486..b0531c86 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@
     <version.maven-fluido-skin>2.1.0</version.maven-fluido-skin>
 
     <!-- plugin versions a..z -->
-    <buildnumber-maven-plugin.version>3.2.1</buildnumber-maven-plugin.version>
     <groovy-maven-plugin.version>4.1.1</groovy-maven-plugin.version>
     <junit-platform-launcher.version>1.3.2</junit-platform-launcher.version>
     <takari-provisio.version>1.1.1</takari-provisio.version>
@@ -465,11 +464,6 @@
             </dependency>
           </dependencies>
         </plugin>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-          <artifactId>buildnumber-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>${buildnumber-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.graalvm.buildtools</groupId>
           <artifactId>native-maven-plugin</artifactId>