diff --git a/scripts/installer/Makefile b/scripts/installer/Makefile
index 1722f208175..d40d4d792ea 100644
--- a/scripts/installer/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/installer/Makefile
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ${INSTALL_SCRIPT}: install ${INSTALLER_ZIP_DIR}
 
 ${DISTRIBUTION_WAR_FILE}: 
 	@echo copying war file...
-	@VERSION_NUMBER=`grep -m1 '<version>' ../../pom.xml | sed 's/ *<\/*version>//g'`; export VERSION_NUMBER; \
+	@VERSION_NUMBER=`grep -m1 '<revision>' ../../modules/dataverse-parent/pom.xml | sed 's/ *<\/*revision>//g'`; export VERSION_NUMBER; \
 	BUILT_WAR_FILE=../../target/dataverse-$$VERSION_NUMBER.war; export BUILT_WAR_FILE; \
 	if [ -f $$BUILT_WAR_FILE ]; \
 	then \
diff --git a/scripts/installer/install b/scripts/installer/install
index b30ad7982bc..2208f014606 100755
--- a/scripts/installer/install
+++ b/scripts/installer/install
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ unless ($postgresonly)
 
     unless ( -f $WARFILE_LOCATION ) {
 	my $DATAVERSE_VERSION = "";
-	my $DATAVERSE_POM_FILE = "../../pom.xml";
+	my $DATAVERSE_POM_FILE = "../../modules/dataverse-parent/pom.xml";
 	if ( -f $DATAVERSE_POM_FILE ) 
 	{
 	    open DPF, $DATAVERSE_POM_FILE; 
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ unless ($postgresonly)
 	    while ($pom_line=<DPF>)
 	    {
 		chop $pom_line;
-		if ($pom_line =~/^[ \t]*<version>([0-9\.]+)<\/version>/)
+		if ($pom_line =~/^[ \t]*<revision>([0-9\.]+)<\/revision>/)
 		{
 		    $DATAVERSE_VERSION=$1;
 		    last;
diff --git a/scripts/installer/install.py b/scripts/installer/install.py
index ce74ccffb69..ea1a69db6a7 100644
--- a/scripts/installer/install.py
+++ b/scripts/installer/install.py
@@ -227,9 +227,9 @@
    warfileVersion = ""
    if not os.path.isfile(warfile):
       # get dataverse version from pom.xml
-      tree = ET.ElementTree(file='../../pom.xml')
+      tree = ET.ElementTree(file='../../modules/dataverse-parent/pom.xml')
       for elem in tree.iter("*"):
-         if elem.tag == '{http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0}version':
+         if elem.tag == '{http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0}revision':
             warfileVersion = elem.text
          # only want the first, the rest are dependencies
             break