diff --git a/core b/core
index 6a4d8ad..f420f04 160000
--- a/core
+++ b/core
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 6a4d8ad6af6fa97bb9314a80dd43b72ada2e991c
+Subproject commit f420f0456ffa1e4d3dc061e0403e687a6fb86d40
diff --git a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar
index 981a116..0f448a9 100644
Binary files a/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar and b/lib/bld/bld-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/BldVersion.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/BldVersion.java
index d4a8c0a..5466f68 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/BldVersion.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/BldVersion.java
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ package rife.bld;
 
 import rife.tools.FileUtils;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-
 /**
  * Singleton class that provides access to the current bld version as a string.
  *
@@ -15,30 +13,10 @@ import java.io.IOException;
  * @since 1.7
  */
 public class BldVersion {
-    private String version_;
+    private final String version_;
 
     BldVersion() {
-        var resource = getClass().getClassLoader().getResource("BLD_VERSION");
-        try {
-            if (resource == null) {
-                version_ = null;
-            } else {
-                var connection = resource.openConnection();
-                connection.setUseCaches(false);
-                try (var input_stream = connection.getInputStream()) {
-                    version_ = FileUtils.readString(input_stream);
-                }
-            }
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            version_ = null;
-        }
-
-        if (version_ != null) {
-            version_ = version_.trim();
-        }
-        if (null == version_) {
-            version_ = "unknown version";
-        }
+        version_ = FileUtils.versionFromResource("BLD_VERSION");
     }
 
     private String getVersionString() {