diff --git a/examples/dds/ex-dds-topology.xml b/examples/dds/ex-dds-topology.xml
index 1539c3fd..42cf0c9b 100644
--- a/examples/dds/ex-dds-topology.xml
+++ b/examples/dds/ex-dds-topology.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <declrequirement name="SinkWorker" type="wnname" value="sink"/>
 
     <decltask id="Sampler">
-        <exe reachable="true">fairmq-ex-dds-sampler --id sampler --channel-config name=data1,type=push,method=bind -S "&lt;@PLUGIN_DIR@/" -P dds</exe>
+        <exe reachable="true">fairmq-ex-dds-sampler --id sampler --channel-config name=data1,type=push,method=bind -P dds</exe>
         <requirements>
             <name>SamplerWorker</name>
         </requirements>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     </decltask>
 
     <decltask id="Processor">
-        <exe reachable="true">fairmq-ex-dds-processor --id processor_%taskIndex% --channel-config name=data1,type=pull,method=connect name=data2,type=push,method=connect -S "&lt;@PLUGIN_DIR@/" -P dds</exe>
+        <exe reachable="true">fairmq-ex-dds-processor --id processor_%taskIndex% --channel-config name=data1,type=pull,method=connect name=data2,type=push,method=connect -P dds</exe>
         <requirements>
             <id>ProcessWorker</id>
         </requirements>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     </decltask>
 
     <decltask id="Sink">
-        <exe reachable="true">fairmq-ex-dds-sink --id sink --channel-config name=data2,type=pull,method=bind -S "&lt;@PLUGIN_DIR@/" -P dds</exe>
+        <exe reachable="true">fairmq-ex-dds-sink --id sink --channel-config name=data2,type=pull,method=bind -P dds</exe>
         <requirements>
             <name>SinkWorker</name>
         </requirements>
diff --git a/fairmq/plugins/DDS/CMakeLists.txt b/fairmq/plugins/DDS/CMakeLists.txt
index db1b710b..25600dff 100644
--- a/fairmq/plugins/DDS/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fairmq/plugins/DDS/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ add_library(${plugin} SHARED ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/DDS.cxx ${CMAKE_CURRENT
 target_link_libraries(${plugin} FairMQ DDS::dds_intercom_lib DDS::dds_protocol_lib)
 target_include_directories(${plugin} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 set_target_properties(${plugin} PROPERTIES CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)
+set_target_properties(${plugin} PROPERTIES
+  VERSION ${PROJECT_GIT_VERSION}
+  SOVERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}"
+)
 
 set(exe fairmq-dds-command-ui)
 add_executable(${exe} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/runDDSCommandUI.cxx)