diff --git a/build/veralign.sh b/build/veralign.sh
index 422da85..9a0d883 100755
--- a/build/veralign.sh
+++ b/build/veralign.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 FILES[contrib/Rebus/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs]=simpleReplace
 FILES[contrib/thrift.spec]=simpleReplace
 FILES[contrib/zeromq/csharp/AssemblyInfo.cs]=simpleReplace
+FILES[contrib/thrift-maven-plugin/pom.xml]=pomReplace
 FILES[doc/specs/idl.md]=simpleReplace
 FILES[lib/as3/gradle.properties]=simpleReplace
 FILES[lib/d/src/thrift/base.d]=simpleReplace
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@
 #
 function escapeVersion
 {
-    echo "$(echo $1 | sed 's/\./\\./g' | sed 's/\[/\\\[/g' | sed 's/\]/\\\]/g')"
+    echo "$(echo "$1" | sed 's/\./\\./g' | sed 's/\[/\\\[/g' | sed 's/\]/\\\]/g')"
 }
 
 # Set up verbose hilighting if running interactive
@@ -238,6 +239,18 @@
 }
 
 #
+# pomReplace: replace a specific version field in a maven pom file
+#   must be a top level "version" field in the xml structure
+# \param $1 filename to do replacements on
+# \returns 0 on success
+#
+
+function pomReplace
+{
+    replace "$1" "^  <version>${OLDVERSION}<\/version>" "  <version>${NEWVERSION}<\/version>"
+}
+
+#
 # replace: replace occurrences of one string with another
 #     the file specified must contain the old string at least once
 #     in order to be successful.
diff --git a/contrib/thrift-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/contrib/thrift-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index b181622..064f0cc 100644
--- a/contrib/thrift-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/contrib/thrift-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
   <artifactId>thrift-maven-plugin</artifactId>
   <packaging>maven-plugin</packaging>
   <name>thrift-maven-plugin</name>
-  <version>1.0.0</version>
+  <version>0.14.0</version>
 
   <properties>
     <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>