Index: /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/PluginInformation.java
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--- /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/PluginInformation.java	(revision 15186)
+++ /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/plugins/PluginInformation.java	(revision 15187)
@@ -246,4 +246,7 @@
         stage = stageStr == null ? 50 : Integer.parseInt(stageStr);
         version = attr.getValue("Plugin-Version");
+        if (version != null && !version.isEmpty() && version.charAt(0) == '$') {
+            invalidManifestEntries.add("Plugin-Version");
+        }
         s = attr.getValue("Plugin-Mainversion");
         if (s != null) {