diff --git a/javascript/getversion.js b/javascript/getversion.js
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+const fs = require('fs');
+
+var xmldoc=document.implementation.createDocument('','',null);
+xmldoc.async=false;
+xmldoc.load('../pom.xml');
+var version = xmldoc.getElementsByName("version")[0];
+console.info("DodoOpenJavaVersion=" + version.textContent)
+fs.writeFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT, 'version=' + version.textContent);
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