diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/ooxml/POIXMLProperties.java b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/ooxml/POIXMLProperties.java
index 14779374fe..af423bf157 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/ooxml/POIXMLProperties.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/main/java/org/apache/poi/ooxml/POIXMLProperties.java
@@ -345,6 +345,25 @@ public class POIXMLProperties {
         public String getTitle() {
             return part.getTitleProperty().orElse(null);
         }
+
+        /**
+         * Sets the version property.
+         * @param version property value
+         * @since POI 5.2.3
+         */
+        public void setVersion(String version) {
+            part.setVersionProperty(version);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Returns the version property value.
+         * @return version property (can be null)
+         * @since POI 5.2.3
+         */
+        public String getVersion() {
+            return part.getVersionProperty().orElse(null);
+        }
+
         public String getRevision() {
             return part.getRevisionProperty().orElse(null);
         }
diff --git a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/ooxml/TestPOIXMLProperties.java b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/ooxml/TestPOIXMLProperties.java
index fae10b0c0d..4144372623 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/ooxml/TestPOIXMLProperties.java
+++ b/poi-ooxml/src/test/java/org/apache/poi/ooxml/TestPOIXMLProperties.java
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ public final class TestPOIXMLProperties {
         assertEquals("Greetings", subject);
         String title = _coreProperties.getTitle();
         assertEquals("Hello World", title);
+        assertNull(_coreProperties.getVersion());
+        _coreProperties.setVersion("1.2.3");
+        assertEquals("1.2.3", _coreProperties.getVersion());
     }
 
     @Test