diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b01c5a81cc8a70f24c8bb443873327df71e5e66..3ce1addb9c0859ac2bffe2baa2947d83910e9c61 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8)
 
 PROJECT(MOOSE)
-set(MOOSE_VERSION "3.0.2")
+set(MOOSE_VERSION "3.1.1")
 include( ExternalProject )
 
 
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
    SOURCE_DIR  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/moose-core
    BINARY_DIR ${MOOSE_CORE_BUILD_DIR}
    CMAKE_ARGS -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} 
+       -DVERSION=${MOOSE_VERSION}
        -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${MOOSE_CORE_INSTALL_DIR}
        -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
        -DDEBUG=${DEBUG}