diff --git a/src/sim/plugins/hello.world b/src/sim/plugins/hello.world
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<sdf version="1.4">
+  <world name="default">
+    <plugin name="hello_world" filename="libhello_world.so"/>
+  </world>
+</sdf>