diff --git a/packaging/ubuntu/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/packaging/ubuntu/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 4ffe133a..50868b27 100644
--- a/packaging/ubuntu/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/packaging/ubuntu/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -96,5 +96,5 @@ parts:
       - qtvirtualkeyboard-plugin
       - qtwayland5
     override-build: |
-      snapcraftctl set-version $( git -C ${SNAPCRAFT_PART_SRC} describe --tags )
+      snapcraftctl set-version $( head -n 1 ${SNAPCRAFT_PART_SRC}/version.txt )
       snapcraftctl build