diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/gradle/javadist/JavaDistributionPlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/gradle/javadist/JavaDistributionPlugin.groovy
index bce245b1..a5c41d87 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/gradle/javadist/JavaDistributionPlugin.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/gradle/javadist/JavaDistributionPlugin.groovy
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import com.palantir.gradle.javadist.tasks.*
 import org.gradle.api.Plugin
 import org.gradle.api.Project
 import org.gradle.api.Task
+import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPlugin
 
 class JavaDistributionPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
 
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ class JavaDistributionPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
         LaunchConfigTask launchConfig = project.tasks.create('createLaunchConfig', LaunchConfigTask)
         project.afterEvaluate {
             launchConfig.configure(distributionExtension.mainClass, distributionExtension.args, distributionExtension.checkArgs,
-                distributionExtension.defaultJvmOpts, distributionExtension.javaHome, distributionExtension.env)
+                distributionExtension.defaultJvmOpts, distributionExtension.javaHome, distributionExtension.env,
+                project.tasks[JavaPlugin.JAR_TASK_NAME].outputs.files + project.configurations.runtime)
         }
 
         Task initScript = project.tasks.create('createInitScript', CreateInitScriptTask)
diff --git a/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/gradle/javadist/tasks/LaunchConfigTask.groovy b/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/gradle/javadist/tasks/LaunchConfigTask.groovy
index 9709649a..93a8bce6 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/gradle/javadist/tasks/LaunchConfigTask.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/com/palantir/gradle/javadist/tasks/LaunchConfigTask.groovy
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ import groovy.transform.EqualsAndHashCode
 import groovy.transform.ToString
 import org.gradle.api.DefaultTask
 import org.gradle.api.file.FileCollection
-import org.gradle.api.plugins.JavaPlugin
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Input
-import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputFile
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputFiles
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.Optional
+import org.gradle.api.tasks.OutputFile
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
 
 import java.nio.file.Files
@@ -46,11 +46,15 @@ class LaunchConfigTask extends DefaultTask {
     List<String> defaultJvmOpts
 
     @Input
-    Map<String,String> env
+    Map<String, String> env
 
+    @Input
     @Optional
     String javaHome
 
+    @InputFiles
+    FileCollection classpath
+
     LaunchConfigTask() {
         group = JavaDistributionPlugin.GROUP_NAME
         description = "Generates launcher-static.yml and launcher-check.yml configurations."
@@ -67,7 +71,7 @@ class LaunchConfigTask extends DefaultTask {
         List<String> classpath
         List<String> jvmOpts
         List<String> args
-        Map<String,String> env
+        Map<String, String> env
     }
 
     @OutputFile
@@ -100,8 +104,7 @@ class LaunchConfigTask extends DefaultTask {
         config.mainClass = mainClass
         config.javaHome = javaHome ?: ""
         config.args = args
-        config.classpath = relativizeToServiceLibDirectory(
-                project.tasks[JavaPlugin.JAR_TASK_NAME].outputs.files + project.configurations.runtime)
+        config.classpath = relativizeToServiceLibDirectory(classpath)
         config.jvmOpts = defaultJvmOpts
         config.env = env
         return config
@@ -113,12 +116,13 @@ class LaunchConfigTask extends DefaultTask {
         return output
     }
 
-    public void configure(String mainClass, List<String> args, List<String> checkArgs, List<String> defaultJvmOpts, String javaHome, Map<String,String> env) {
+    public void configure(String mainClass, List<String> args, List<String> checkArgs, List<String> defaultJvmOpts, String javaHome, Map<String, String> env, FileCollection classpath) {
         this.mainClass = mainClass
         this.args = args
         this.checkArgs = checkArgs
         this.defaultJvmOpts = defaultJvmOpts
         this.javaHome = javaHome
         this.env = env
+        this.classpath = classpath
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/com/palantir/gradle/javadist/JavaDistributionPluginTests.groovy b/src/test/groovy/com/palantir/gradle/javadist/JavaDistributionPluginTests.groovy
index 02a26b48..e92a67ee 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/com/palantir/gradle/javadist/JavaDistributionPluginTests.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/com/palantir/gradle/javadist/JavaDistributionPluginTests.groovy
@@ -72,6 +72,46 @@ class JavaDistributionPluginTests extends GradleTestSpec {
         exec('dist/service-name-0.1/service/monitoring/bin/check.sh') ==~ /(?m)Checking health of 'service-name'\.\.\.\s+Healthy.*\n/
     }
 
+    def 'packaging tasks re-run after version change'() {
+        given:
+        createUntarBuildFile(buildFile)
+        buildFile << '''
+            distribution {
+                enableManifestClasspath true
+            }
+            task untar02 (type: Copy) {
+                from tarTree(resources.gzip("${buildDir}/distributions/service-name-0.2.sls.tgz"))
+                into "${projectDir}/dist"
+                dependsOn distTar
+            }
+         '''.stripIndent()
+        file('src/main/java/test/Test.java') << '''
+        package test;
+        public class Test {
+            public static void main(String[] args) {
+                while(true);
+            }
+        }
+        '''.stripIndent()
+
+        when:
+        runSuccessfully(':build', ':distTar', ':untar')
+        buildFile << '''
+            version '0.2'
+        '''.stripIndent()
+
+        then:
+        def version02BuildOutput = runSuccessfully(':build', ':distTar', ':untar02').output
+        version02BuildOutput ==~ /(?m)(?s).*^:createCheckScript UP-TO-DATE$.*/
+        version02BuildOutput ==~ /(?m)(?s).*^:createInitScript UP-TO-DATE$.*/
+        version02BuildOutput ==~ /(?m)(?s).*^:createLaunchConfig$.*/
+        version02BuildOutput ==~ /(?m)(?s).*^:createManifest$.*/
+        version02BuildOutput ==~ /(?m)(?s).*^:manifestClasspathJar$.*/
+        version02BuildOutput ==~ /(?m)(?s).*^:distTar$.*/
+        exec('dist/service-name-0.2/service/bin/init.sh', 'start') ==~ /(?m)Running 'service-name'\.\.\.\s+Started \(\d+\)\n/
+        exec('dist/service-name-0.2/service/bin/init.sh', 'stop') ==~ /(?m)Stopping 'service-name'\.\.\.\s+Stopped \(\d+\)\n/
+    }
+
     def 'status reports when process name and id don"t match'() {
         given:
         createUntarBuildFile(buildFile)