diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 660e472b..7408a27b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Producer SDK Java CI with Maven
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: 
+    branches:
       - develop
       - master
   pull_request:
@@ -12,31 +12,39 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    strategy:
+      # Unit and integration tests are not thread safe as they all use the same stream names.
+      max-parallel: 1
+      matrix:
+        os: [ macos-14, ubuntu-22.04, windows-2022 ]
+        java: [ 8, 11, 17, 21 ]
+
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     permissions:
       id-token: write
       contents: read
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: [ macos-10.15, ubuntu-18.04, windows-2019]
-        java: [ 8, 11, 16 ]
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       - name: Configure AWS Credentials
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
         with:
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_TO_ASSUME }}
           role-session-name: ${{ secrets.AWS_ROLE_SESSION_NAME }}
           aws-region: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
+
       - name: Set up JDK
         uses: actions/setup-java@v2
         with:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
           distribution: 'adopt'
           cache: maven
+
       - name: Build with Maven
         run: mvn clean compile assembly:single
+
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Linux" ]; then
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e4b89894..6d723409 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
     <artifactId>amazon-kinesis-video-streams-producer-sdk-java</artifactId>
     <name>Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Producer SDK Java</name>
-    <version>1.12.1</version>
+    <version>1.12.2</version>
     <description>The Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Producer SDK for Java enables Java developers to ingest data into
         Amazon Kinesis Video.
     </description>
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-            <version>2.11.0</version>
+            <version>2.14.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.httpcomponents/httpasyncclient -->
         <dependency>
@@ -220,6 +220,15 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
+        <resources>
+            <resource>
+                <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+                <filtering>true</filtering>
+                <includes>
+                    <include>**/pom.properties</include>
+                </includes>
+            </resource>
+        </resources>
     </build>
 </project>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/kinesisvideo/util/VersionUtil.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/kinesisvideo/util/VersionUtil.java
index ab692f65..9be6385f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/kinesisvideo/util/VersionUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/kinesisvideo/util/VersionUtil.java
@@ -3,10 +3,24 @@
 import com.amazonaws.kinesisvideo.common.preconditions.Preconditions;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Properties;
 
 public final class VersionUtil {
 
-    public static final String AWS_SDK_KVS_PRODUCER_VERSION_STRING = "1.9.5";
+    private static final String POM_PROPERTIES_FILE = "pom.properties";
+    private static final String POM_PROPERTIES_VERSION_KEY = "version";
+    public static final String AWS_SDK_KVS_PRODUCER_VERSION_STRING;
+
+    static {
+        try {
+            final Properties properties = new Properties();
+            properties.load(VersionUtil.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(POM_PROPERTIES_FILE));
+            AWS_SDK_KVS_PRODUCER_VERSION_STRING = properties.getProperty(POM_PROPERTIES_VERSION_KEY);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new ExceptionInInitializerError("Unable to get project version from pom.xml: " + e);
+        }
+    }
 
     private static final String DEFAULT_USER_AGENT_NAME = "AWS-SDK-KVS";
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/pom.properties b/src/main/resources/pom.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..defbd482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/pom.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+version=${project.version}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/kinesisvideo/util/VersionUtilTest.java b/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/kinesisvideo/util/VersionUtilTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f8433a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/amazonaws/kinesisvideo/util/VersionUtilTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+package com.amazonaws.kinesisvideo.util;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static com.amazonaws.kinesisvideo.util.VersionUtil.AWS_SDK_KVS_PRODUCER_VERSION_STRING;
+import static com.amazonaws.kinesisvideo.util.VersionUtil.getUserAgent;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class VersionUtilTest {
+
+    private static final String POM_XML_LOCATION = "pom.xml";
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_versionString_isNotNullOrEmpty() {
+        final String producerVersionString = AWS_SDK_KVS_PRODUCER_VERSION_STRING;
+        assertNotNull(producerVersionString);
+        assertNotEquals("", producerVersionString);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_versionString_isEqualToDeclaredInPomXML() throws IOException {
+        final String producerVersionString = extractVersionFromPomXML();
+
+        assertNotNull("project.version was not found in pom.xml!", producerVersionString);
+        assertNotEquals("", producerVersionString);
+        assertEquals(producerVersionString, AWS_SDK_KVS_PRODUCER_VERSION_STRING);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void test_userAgent_containsProjectVersion() throws IOException {
+        final String userAgent = getUserAgent();
+        final String pomDefinedProjectVersion = extractVersionFromPomXML();
+
+        assertNotNull(userAgent);
+        assertNotEquals("", userAgent);
+
+        assertNotNull(pomDefinedProjectVersion);
+        assertNotEquals("", pomDefinedProjectVersion);
+
+        assertTrue(userAgent.contains(pomDefinedProjectVersion));
+    }
+
+    private String extractVersionFromPomXML() throws IOException {
+        try (final BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(POM_XML_LOCATION))) {
+            return reader.lines()
+                    .filter(line -> line.contains("<version>"))
+                    .map(line -> line.replace("<version>", "")
+                            .replace("</version>", "").trim())
+                    .findFirst()
+                    .orElseThrow(() -> new IllegalStateException("'<version>projectVersion</version>' is not found in " + POM_XML_LOCATION));
+        }
+    }
+}