diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/gradle/CloudstreamExtension.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/gradle/CloudstreamExtension.kt
index 5a68cfa..bee909a 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/gradle/CloudstreamExtension.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/gradle/CloudstreamExtension.kt
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import javax.inject.Inject
 abstract class CloudstreamExtension @Inject constructor(project: Project) {
     val userCache = project.gradle.gradleUserHomeDir.resolve("caches").resolve("cloudstream")
 
+    val apiVersion = 1
+
     var apkinfo: ApkInfo? = null
         internal set
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/gradle/Utils.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/gradle/Utils.kt
index 6fdb7e3..5360878 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/gradle/Utils.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/gradle/Utils.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ fun Project.makeManifest(): PluginManifest {
     return PluginManifest(
         pluginClassName = extension.pluginClassName,
         name = this.name,
-        pluginVersion = this.version.toString()
+        pluginVersion = this.version.toString(),
+        apiVersion = extension.apiVersion
     )
 }
 
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ fun Project.makePluginEntry(): PluginEntry {
         authors = extension.authors.getOrElse(listOf()),
         description = extension.description.orNull,
         repositoryUrl = (if (repo == null) null else repo.url),
-        isAdult = extension.adult.getOrElse(false)
+        isAdult = extension.adult.getOrElse(false),
+        apiVersion = extension.apiVersion
     )
 }
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diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/gradle/entities/PluginEntry.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/gradle/entities/PluginEntry.kt
index 459267b..71a0900 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/gradle/entities/PluginEntry.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/gradle/entities/PluginEntry.kt
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ data class PluginEntry(
     val description: String?,
     val repositoryUrl: String?,
     val isAdult: Boolean,
+    val apiVersion: Int
 )
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diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/gradle/entities/PluginManifest.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/gradle/entities/PluginManifest.kt
index f4a05c5..c176231 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/gradle/entities/PluginManifest.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/gradle/entities/PluginManifest.kt
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ package com.lagradost.cloudstream3.gradle.entities
 data class PluginManifest(
     val pluginClassName: String?,
     val name: String,
-    val pluginVersion: String
+    val pluginVersion: String,
+    val apiVersion: Int
 )
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