diff --git a/android-sdk/build.gradle b/android-sdk/build.gradle
index f0d2955d..0dbdbe37 100644
--- a/android-sdk/build.gradle
+++ b/android-sdk/build.gradle
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ android {
         versionName version_name
         testInstrumentationRunner 'androidx.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner'
         buildConfigField "String", "CLIENT_VERSION", "\"$version_name\""
+
         // these rules will be merged to app's proguard rules
         consumerProguardFiles '../proguard-rules.txt'
     }
diff --git a/android-sdk/src/androidTest/java/com/optimizely/ab/android/sdk/OptimizelyManagerEventHandlerTest.java b/android-sdk/src/androidTest/java/com/optimizely/ab/android/sdk/OptimizelyManagerEventHandlerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9bfae9c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android-sdk/src/androidTest/java/com/optimizely/ab/android/sdk/OptimizelyManagerEventHandlerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/****************************************************************************
+ * Copyright 2022, Optimizely, Inc. and contributors                   *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");          *
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.         *
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at                                  *
+ *                                                                          *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                            *
+ *                                                                          *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software      *
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,        *
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. *
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and      *
+ * limitations under the License.                                           *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+package com.optimizely.ab.android.sdk;
+
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.timeout;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import android.content.Context;
+import androidx.test.ext.junit.runners.AndroidJUnit4;
+import androidx.test.platform.app.InstrumentationRegistry;
+import com.optimizely.ab.event.EventHandler;
+import com.optimizely.ab.event.LogEvent;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+@RunWith(AndroidJUnit4.class)
+public class OptimizelyManagerEventHandlerTest {
+
+    private String minDatafileWithEvent = "{\n" +
+            "experiments: [ ],\n" +
+            "version: \"2\",\n" +
+            "audiences: [ ],\n" +
+            "groups: [ ],\n" +
+            "attributes: [ ],\n" +
+            "projectId: \"123\",\n" +
+            "accountId: \"6365361536\",\n" +
+            "events: [{\"experimentIds\": [\"8509139139\"], \"id\": \"8505434668\", \"key\": \"test_event\"}],\n" +
+            "revision: \"1\"\n" +
+            "}";
+
+    @Test
+    public void eventClientNameAndVersion() throws Exception {
+        EventHandler mockEventHandler = mock(EventHandler.class);
+
+        Context context = InstrumentationRegistry.getInstrumentation().getTargetContext();
+        OptimizelyManager optimizelyManager = OptimizelyManager.builder()
+                .withSDKKey("any-sdk-key")
+                .withEventDispatchInterval(0, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+                .withEventHandler(mockEventHandler)
+                .build(context);
+
+        OptimizelyClient optimizelyClient = optimizelyManager.initialize(context, minDatafileWithEvent);
+        optimizelyClient.track("test_event", "tester");
+
+        ArgumentCaptor<LogEvent> argument = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(LogEvent.class);
+        verify(mockEventHandler, timeout(5000)).dispatchEvent(argument.capture());
+        assertEquals(argument.getValue().getEventBatch().getClientName(), "android-sdk");
+        assertEquals(argument.getValue().getEventBatch().getClientVersion(), BuildConfig.CLIENT_VERSION);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/android-sdk/src/main/java/com/optimizely/ab/android/sdk/OptimizelyManager.java b/android-sdk/src/main/java/com/optimizely/ab/android/sdk/OptimizelyManager.java
index e46192c1..9e8c3ae1 100644
--- a/android-sdk/src/main/java/com/optimizely/ab/android/sdk/OptimizelyManager.java
+++ b/android-sdk/src/main/java/com/optimizely/ab/android/sdk/OptimizelyManager.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /****************************************************************************
- * Copyright 2017-2021, Optimizely, Inc. and contributors                   *
+ * Copyright 2017-2022, Optimizely, Inc. and contributors                   *
  *                                                                          *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");          *
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.         *
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ public class OptimizelyManager {
     @Nullable private OptimizelyStartListener optimizelyStartListener;
 
     @NonNull private final List<OptimizelyDecideOption> defaultDecideOptions;
+    private String sdkVersion = null;
 
     OptimizelyManager(@Nullable String projectId,
                       @Nullable String sdkKey,
@@ -122,6 +123,13 @@ public class OptimizelyManager {
         this.userProfileService = userProfileService;
         this.notificationCenter = notificationCenter;
         this.defaultDecideOptions = defaultDecideOptions;
+
+        try {
+            sdkVersion = BuildConfig.CLIENT_VERSION;
+            logger.info("SDK Version: {}", sdkVersion);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.warn("Error getting BuildConfig version");
+        }
     }
 
     @VisibleForTesting
@@ -580,8 +588,8 @@ private OptimizelyClient buildOptimizely(@NonNull Context context, @NonNull Stri
             builder.withDatafile(datafile);
         }
 
-        builder.withClientEngine(clientEngine)
-                .withClientVersion(BuildConfig.CLIENT_VERSION);
+        // override client sdk name/version to be included in events
+        builder.withClientInfo(clientEngine, sdkVersion);
 
         if (errorHandler != null) {
             builder.withErrorHandler(errorHandler);
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d900f3cf..d12c51b4 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -19,13 +19,11 @@
 buildscript {
     ext.kotlin_version = '1.4.0'
     
-    def version_name = System.getenv('TRAVIS_TAG')
-    if (version_name != null) {
-        rootProject.ext.version_name = version_name
-    } else {
-        rootProject.ext.version_name = 'debugVersion'
+    ext.version_name = System.getenv('TRAVIS_TAG')
+    if (version_name == null || version_name.isEmpty()) {
+        ext.version_name = 'debugVersion'
     }
-    ext.is_release_version = !rootProject.ext.version_name.endsWith("SNAPSHOT")
+    ext.is_release_version = !version_name.endsWith("SNAPSHOT")
 
     repositories {
         jcenter()
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ ext {
     build_tools_version = "30.0.3"
     min_sdk_version = 14
     target_sdk_version = 29
-    java_core_ver = "3.10.1"
+    java_core_ver = "3.10.2"
     android_logger_ver = "1.3.6"
     jacksonversion= "2.11.2"
     annotations_ver = "1.0.0"
@@ -99,7 +97,8 @@ task testAllModulesTravis () {
     dependsOn(':android-sdk:connectedAndroidTest', ':android-sdk:test',
             ':event-handler:connectedAndroidTest', ':event-handler:test',
             ':datafile-handler:connectedAndroidTest', ':datafile-handler:test',
-            ':user-profile:connectedAndroidTest', ':shared:connectedAndroidTest')
+            ':user-profile:connectedAndroidTest',
+            ':shared:connectedAndroidTest')
 }
 
 // Publish to MavenCentral