diff --git a/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/http/HttpRequest.java b/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/http/HttpRequest.java
index a521c5397..0b9b2abbb 100644
--- a/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/http/HttpRequest.java
+++ b/google-http-client/src/main/java/com/google/api/client/http/HttpRequest.java
@@ -1224,7 +1224,8 @@ private static String getVersion() {
     // this value should be read and cached for later use
     String version = "unknown-version";
     try (InputStream inputStream =
-        HttpRequest.class.getResourceAsStream("/google-http-client.properties")) {
+        HttpRequest.class.getResourceAsStream(
+            "/com/google/api/client/http/google-http-client.properties")) {
       if (inputStream != null) {
         final Properties properties = new Properties();
         properties.load(inputStream);
diff --git a/google-http-client/src/main/resources/google-http-client.properties b/google-http-client/src/main/resources/com/google/api/client/http/google-http-client.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from google-http-client/src/main/resources/google-http-client.properties
rename to google-http-client/src/main/resources/com/google/api/client/http/google-http-client.properties