diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/configuration/ActuatorConfiguration.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/configuration/ActuatorConfiguration.java
index eb42e9d0a1..ad78fe2db4 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/configuration/ActuatorConfiguration.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/configuration/ActuatorConfiguration.java
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrServerException;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.DiscoverableEndpointsService;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.health.GeoIpHealthIndicator;
-import org.dspace.app.rest.info.VersionInfoContributor;
 import org.dspace.authority.AuthoritySolrServiceImpl;
 import org.dspace.discovery.SolrSearchCore;
 import org.dspace.statistics.SolrStatisticsCore;
@@ -89,11 +88,6 @@ public class ActuatorConfiguration {
         return new GeoIpHealthIndicator();
     }
 
-    @Bean
-    public VersionInfoContributor versionInfoContributor() {
-        return new VersionInfoContributor();
-    }
-
     public String getActuatorBasePath() {
         return actuatorBasePath;
     }
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/info/VersionInfoContributor.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/info/VersionInfoContributor.java
deleted file mode 100644
index bc31edad3d..0000000000
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/info/VersionInfoContributor.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
- * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
- * tree and available online at
- *
- * http://www.dspace.org/license/
- */
-package org.dspace.app.rest.info;
-
-import static org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils.isNotBlank;
-
-import org.dspace.app.util.Util;
-import org.dspace.services.ConfigurationService;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
-import org.springframework.boot.actuate.info.Info.Builder;
-import org.springframework.boot.actuate.info.InfoContributor;
-
-/**
- * Implementation of {@link InfoContributor} that add the version info.
- *
- * @author Luca Giamminonni (luca.giamminonni at 4science.it)
- *
- */
-public class VersionInfoContributor implements InfoContributor {
-
-    @Autowired
-    private ConfigurationService configurationService;
-
-    @Override
-    public void contribute(Builder builder) {
-        String sourceVersion = Util.getSourceVersion();
-        if (isNotBlank(sourceVersion)) {
-            String versionAttribute = configurationService.getProperty("actuator.info.version-attribute", "version");
-            builder.withDetail(versionAttribute, sourceVersion);
-        }
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/utils/DSpaceVersionConfigurationEnricher.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/utils/DSpaceVersionConfigurationEnricher.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2e27bb5bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/utils/DSpaceVersionConfigurationEnricher.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.app.rest.utils;
+
+import org.dspace.app.util.Util;
+import org.dspace.services.ConfigurationService;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.ApplicationArguments;
+import org.springframework.boot.ApplicationRunner;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+/**
+ * Class that use the configuration service to add a property named
+ * 'dspace.version' with the current DSpace application version.
+ *
+ * @author Luca Giamminonni (luca.giamminonni at 4science.it)
+ *
+ */
+@Component
+public class DSpaceVersionConfigurationEnricher implements ApplicationRunner {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private ConfigurationService configurationService;
+
+    @Override
+    public void run(ApplicationArguments args) throws Exception {
+        configurationService.addPropertyValue("dspace.version", Util.getSourceVersion());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/InfoEndpointIT.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/InfoEndpointIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83d01f0619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/InfoEndpointIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.app.rest;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.jsonPath;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
+
+import org.dspace.app.rest.test.AbstractControllerIntegrationTest;
+import org.dspace.app.util.Util;
+import org.dspace.services.ConfigurationService;
+import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+
+/**
+ * Integration tests for info actuator.
+ *
+ * @author Luca Giamminonni (luca.giamminonni at 4science.it)
+ *
+ */
+public class InfoEndpointIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTest {
+
+    private static final String INFO_PATH = "/actuator/info";
+
+    @Autowired
+    private ConfigurationService configurationService;
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWithAnonymousUser() throws Exception {
+
+        getClient().perform(get(INFO_PATH))
+            .andExpect(status().isUnauthorized());
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWithNotAdminUser() throws Exception {
+
+        String token = getAuthToken(eperson.getEmail(), password);
+
+        getClient(token).perform(get(INFO_PATH))
+            .andExpect(status().isForbidden());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testWithAdminUser() throws Exception {
+
+        String token = getAuthToken(admin.getEmail(), password);
+
+        getClient(token).perform(get(INFO_PATH))
+            .andExpect(status().isOk())
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.app.name", matchProperty("dspace.name")))
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.app.version", is(Util.getSourceVersion())))
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.app.dir", matchProperty("dspace.dir")))
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.app.url", matchProperty("dspace.server.url")))
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.app.db", matchProperty("db.url")))
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.app.solr.server", matchProperty("solr.server")))
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.app.solr.prefix", matchProperty("solr.multicorePrefix")))
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.app.mail.server", matchProperty("mail.server")))
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.app.mail.from-address", matchProperty("mail.from.address")))
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.app.mail.feedback-recipient", matchProperty("feedback.recipient")))
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.app.mail.mail-admin", matchProperty("mail.admin")))
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.app.mail.mail-helpdesk", matchProperty("mail.helpdesk")))
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.app.mail.alert-recipient", matchProperty("alert.recipient")))
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.app.cors.allowed-origins", matchProperty("rest.cors.allowed-origins")))
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.app.ui.url", matchProperty("dspace.ui.url")))
+            .andExpect(jsonPath("$.java").exists());
+
+    }
+
+    private Matcher<?> matchProperty(String name) {
+        return is(configurationService.getProperty(name));
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/dspace/config/modules/actuator.cfg b/dspace/config/modules/actuator.cfg
index e2ad4794bf..9b3c49a9f7 100644
--- a/dspace/config/modules/actuator.cfg
+++ b/dspace/config/modules/actuator.cfg
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ management.info.env.enabled = true
 management.info.java.enabled = true
 
 info.app.name = ${dspace.name}
+info.app.version = ${dspace.version}
 info.app.dir = ${dspace.dir}
 info.app.url = ${dspace.server.url}
 info.app.db = ${db.url}
@@ -50,5 +51,3 @@ info.app.mail.alert-recipient = ${alert.recipient}
 info.app.cors.allowed-origins = ${rest.cors.allowed-origins}
 
 info.app.ui.url = ${dspace.ui.url}
-
-actuator.info.version-attribute = version