diff --git a/cmd/detectExecuteScan.go b/cmd/detectExecuteScan.go
index db2c4956e..4df43c96f 100644
--- a/cmd/detectExecuteScan.go
+++ b/cmd/detectExecuteScan.go
@@ -127,16 +127,11 @@ func getDetectScript(config detectExecuteScanOptions, utils detectUtils) error {
 }
 
 func addDetectArgs(args []string, config detectExecuteScanOptions, utils detectUtils) ([]string, error) {
-
-	coordinates := versioning.Coordinates{
-		Version: config.Version,
-	}
-
 	detectVersionName := config.CustomScanVersion
 	if len(detectVersionName) > 0 {
 		log.Entry().Infof("Using custom version: %v", detectVersionName)
 	} else {
-		detectVersionName = versioning.ApplyVersioningModel(config.VersioningModel, coordinates)
+		detectVersionName = versioning.ApplyVersioningModel(config.VersioningModel, config.Version)
 	}
 	//Split on spaces, the scanPropeties, so that each property is available as a single string
 	//instead of all properties being part of a single string
diff --git a/cmd/sonarExecuteScan.go b/cmd/sonarExecuteScan.go
index a39147e0d..540b6eb05 100644
--- a/cmd/sonarExecuteScan.go
+++ b/cmd/sonarExecuteScan.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func runSonar(config sonarExecuteScanOptions, client piperhttp.Downloader, runne
 		if len(version) > 0 {
 			log.Entry().Infof("Using custom version: %v", version)
 		} else {
-			version = versioning.ApplyVersioningModel(config.VersioningModel, versioning.Coordinates{Version: config.Version})
+			version = versioning.ApplyVersioningModel(config.VersioningModel, config.Version)
 		}
 		sonar.addOption("sonar.projectVersion=" + version)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/versioning/descriptorUtils.go b/pkg/versioning/descriptorUtils.go
index 60fd8b563..84de5b24d 100644
--- a/pkg/versioning/descriptorUtils.go
+++ b/pkg/versioning/descriptorUtils.go
@@ -25,6 +25,6 @@ func DetermineProjectCoordinates(nameTemplate, versionScheme string, gav Coordin
 		log.Entry().Warnf("Unable to resolve project name: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	projectVersion := ApplyVersioningModel(versionScheme, gav)
+	projectVersion := ApplyVersioningModel(versionScheme, gav.Version)
 	return projectName, projectVersion
 }
diff --git a/pkg/versioning/versioningModel.go b/pkg/versioning/versioningModel.go
index 5b8a893d9..2dd37a00c 100644
--- a/pkg/versioning/versioningModel.go
+++ b/pkg/versioning/versioningModel.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const (
 	VersioningModelMajor      string = "major"
 )
 
-func ApplyVersioningModel(model string, projectCoordinates Coordinates) string {
+func ApplyVersioningModel(model, projectVersion string) string {
 	var versioningScheme string
 
 	switch model {
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func ApplyVersioningModel(model string, projectCoordinates Coordinates) string {
 		log.Entry().Warnf("versioning model not supported: %s", model)
 	}
 
-	version, err := piperutils.ExecuteTemplateFunctions(versioningScheme, sprig.HermeticTxtFuncMap(), projectCoordinates)
+	version, err := piperutils.ExecuteTemplateFunctions(versioningScheme, sprig.HermeticTxtFuncMap(), Coordinates{Version: projectVersion})
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Entry().Warnf("unable to resolve project version: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/versioning/versioningModel_test.go b/pkg/versioning/versioningModel_test.go
index 9a446800f..73aee043f 100644
--- a/pkg/versioning/versioningModel_test.go
+++ b/pkg/versioning/versioningModel_test.go
@@ -7,23 +7,23 @@ import (
 func Test_applyVersioningModel(t *testing.T) {
 	type args struct {
 		model   string
-		version Coordinates
+		version string
 	}
 	tests := []struct {
 		name string
 		args args
 		want string
 	}{
-		{"maven - major", args{VersioningModelMajor, Coordinates{Version: "1.2.3-7864387648746"}}, "1"},
-		{"maven - major-minor", args{VersioningModelMajorMinor, Coordinates{Version: "1.2.3-7864387648746"}}, "1.2"},
-		{"maven - semantic", args{VersioningModelSemantic, Coordinates{Version: "1.2.3-7864387648746"}}, "1.2.3"},
-		{"maven - full", args{VersioningModelFull, Coordinates{Version: "1.2.3-7864387648746"}}, "1.2.3-7864387648746"},
-		{"python - major-minor", args{VersioningModelMajorMinor, Coordinates{Version: "2.2.3.20200101"}}, "2.2"},
-		{"leading zero", args{VersioningModelMajor, Coordinates{Version: "0.0.1"}}, "0"},
-		{"trailing zero", args{VersioningModelMajorMinor, Coordinates{Version: "2.0"}}, "2.0"},
-		{"invalid - unknown versioning model", args{"snapshot", Coordinates{Version: "1.2.3-SNAPSHOT"}}, ""},
-		{"invalid - incorrect version", args{VersioningModelMajor, Coordinates{Version: ".2.3"}}, ""},
-		{"invalid - version to short", args{VersioningModelSemantic, Coordinates{Version: "1.2"}}, "1.2.<no value>"},
+		{"maven - major", args{VersioningModelMajor, "1.2.3-7864387648746"}, "1"},
+		{"maven - major-minor", args{VersioningModelMajorMinor, "1.2.3-7864387648746"}, "1.2"},
+		{"maven - semantic", args{VersioningModelSemantic, "1.2.3-7864387648746"}, "1.2.3"},
+		{"maven - full", args{VersioningModelFull, "1.2.3-7864387648746"}, "1.2.3-7864387648746"},
+		{"python - major-minor", args{VersioningModelMajorMinor, "2.2.3.20200101"}, "2.2"},
+		{"leading zero", args{VersioningModelMajor, "0.0.1"}, "0"},
+		{"trailing zero", args{VersioningModelMajorMinor, "2.0"}, "2.0"},
+		{"invalid - unknown versioning model", args{"snapshot", "1.2.3-SNAPSHOT"}, ""},
+		{"invalid - incorrect version", args{VersioningModelMajor, ".2.3"}, ""},
+		{"invalid - version to short", args{VersioningModelSemantic, "1.2"}, "1.2.<no value>"},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {