diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 31601c74..8d6aa4a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: |
           VERSION=$(grep '"version"' package.json | cut -d '"' -f 4)
           echo $VERSION
-          sed -i "s/@VERSION@/$VERSION/g" snap/snapcraft.yaml
+          sed -i "s/^version:.*/version: '$VERSION'/" snap/snapcraft.yaml
       - uses: snapcore/action-build@v1
         id: snapcraft
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 3549c787..24244243 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: novnc
 base: core18 # the base snap is the execution environment for this snap
-version: '@VERSION@'
+version: git
 summary: Open Source VNC client using HTML5 (WebSockets, Canvas)
 description: |
   Open Source VNC client using HTML5 (WebSockets, Canvas).