diff --git a/typescript-dto/build.sh b/typescript-dto/build.sh
index a53c24c0d8..1ecf8dccee 100755
--- a/typescript-dto/build.sh
+++ b/typescript-dto/build.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ docker run -i --rm -v "$HOME/.m2:/root/.m2" \
                     /bin/bash -c "mvn -q -U -DskipTests=true -Dfindbugs.skip=true -Dskip-validate-sources install \
                     && cat target/dts-dto-typescript.d.ts" >> index.d.ts
 
-CHE_VERSION=$(mvn -q -Dexec.executable=echo -Dexec.args='${project.version}' --non-recursive exec:exec -f ../pom.xml)
+# validate that index.d.ts has kind of valid output
+if ! grep "export namespace" index.d.ts; then
+  echo "Invalid output generated for index.d.ts"
+  exit 1
+fi
 
-docker build -t eclipse-che-ts-api --build-arg CHE_VERSION=${CHE_VERSION} --build-arg NPM_AUTH_TOKEN=${NPM_AUTH_TOKEN} .
+CHE_VERSION=$(mvn -q -Dexec.executable=echo -Dexec.args="\${project.version}" --non-recursive exec:exec -f ../pom.xml)
+
+docker build -t eclipse-che-ts-api --build-arg CHE_VERSION="${CHE_VERSION}" --build-arg NPM_AUTH_TOKEN="${NPM_AUTH_TOKEN}" .
diff --git a/typescript-dto/dto-pom.xml b/typescript-dto/dto-pom.xml
index 08c123d9c8..2e70d3ea5a 100644
--- a/typescript-dto/dto-pom.xml
+++ b/typescript-dto/dto-pom.xml
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <parent>
         <artifactId>maven-depmgt-pom</artifactId>
-        <groupId>org.eclipse.che.depmgt</groupId>
-        <version>7.8.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <groupId>org.eclipse.che.parent</groupId>
+        <version>7.19.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>dts-dto-typescript</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Che TypeScript DTO</name>
     <properties>
-        <che.version>7.8.0-SNAPSHOT</che.version>
+        <che.version>7.19.0-SNAPSHOT</che.version>
     </properties>
     <build>
         <plugins>
diff --git a/typescript-dto/package.json b/typescript-dto/package.json
index 5c8fb10ab0..6b5ffcbcac 100644
--- a/typescript-dto/package.json
+++ b/typescript-dto/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@eclipse-che/api",
-  "version": "7.4.0-SNAPSHOT",
+  "version": "7.19.0-SNAPSHOT",
   "description": "Eclipse Che DTO API",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
   "license": "EPL-2.0",