diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 495ed866..1f355945 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased/Snapshot]
+### Added
+- Added semVer Gradle plugin to enable semantic versioning [#544](https://github.com/ie3-institute/PowerSystemUtils/issues/544)
 
 ### Changed
 - Added Bao and Staudt to the list of reviewers [#510](https://github.com/ie3-institute/PowerSystemUtils/issues/510)
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3bd13976..cd107658 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ plugins {
 	id "org.sonarqube" version "6.1.0.5360" // sonarqube
 	id "org.scoverage" version "8.1" // scala code coverage scoverage
 	id "com.github.maiflai.scalatest" version "0.33" // run scalatest without specific spec task
+	id 'net.thauvin.erik.gradle.semver' version '1.0.4' // semantic versioning
 }
 
 ext {
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ ext {
 }
 
 group = 'com.github.ie3-institute'
-version = '3.0-SNAPSHOT'
 description = 'PowerSystemUtils'
 
 java {
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ apply from: scriptsLocation + 'jacoco.gradle' // jacoco java code coverage
 apply from: scriptsLocation + 'mavenCentralPublish.gradle'
 apply from: scriptsLocation + 'sonarqube.gradle'
 apply from: scriptsLocation + 'scoverage.gradle' // scoverage scala code coverage
+apply from: scriptsLocation + 'semVer.gradle'
 
 repositories {
 	mavenCentral()
diff --git a/gradle/scripts/semVer.gradle b/gradle/scripts/semVer.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..205df7f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/scripts/semVer.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// tasks for semantic versioning using semver-gradle https://github.com/ethauvin/semver-gradle
+
+tasks.register('currentVersion') {
+	doFirst {
+		println semver.semver
+	}
+}
+
+tasks.register('devVersion') {
+	doFirst {
+		println "${semver.major}.${semver.minor}-SNAPSHOT"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00084eb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#Generated by the Semver Plugin for Gradle
+version.buildmeta=
+version.major=3
+version.minor=0
+version.patch=0
+version.prerelease=
+version.semver=3.0.0