diff --git a/.ci-mgmt.yaml b/.ci-mgmt.yaml
index 9ef85d4c..fbcc032f 100644
--- a/.ci-mgmt.yaml
+++ b/.ci-mgmt.yaml
@@ -15,4 +15,3 @@ plugins:
   - name: time
     version: "0.0.13"
 team: ecosystem
-javaGenVersion: "v0.9.8"
diff --git a/.pulumi-java-gen.version b/.pulumi-java-gen.version
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5d0ec55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pulumi-java-gen.version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.9.8
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.upgrade-config.yml b/.upgrade-config.yml
index e68a8cf0..c81178c5 100644
--- a/.upgrade-config.yml
+++ b/.upgrade-config.yml
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ upstream-provider-name: terraform-provider-databricks
 pulumi-infer-version: true
 remove-plugins: true
 pr-reviewers: iwahbe # Team: pulumi/Providers
-javaVersion: "v0.9.8"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index de212b6d..71ff2367 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ TFGEN := pulumi-tfgen-$(PACK)
 PROVIDER := pulumi-resource-$(PACK)
 VERSION := $(shell pulumictl get version)
 JAVA_GEN := pulumi-java-gen
-JAVA_GEN_VERSION := v0.9.8
 TESTPARALLELISM := 10
 WORKING_DIR := $(shell pwd)
 PULUMI_CONVERT := 0
@@ -135,8 +134,8 @@ upstream.finalize:
 upstream.rebase:
 	scripts/upstream.sh "$@" start_rebase
 
-bin/pulumi-java-gen:
-	pulumictl download-binary -n pulumi-language-java -v $(JAVA_GEN_VERSION) -r pulumi/pulumi-java
+bin/pulumi-java-gen: .pulumi-java-gen.version
+	pulumictl download-binary -n pulumi-language-java -v v$(shell cat .pulumi-java-gen.version) -r pulumi/pulumi-java
 
 # To make an immediately observable change to .ci-mgmt.yaml:
 #