diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index f6d93a21b..56f2c4964 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ parts:
     override-pull: |
       craftctl default
 
-      version="$(git describe --tags | sed -r 's,^k([0-9]\.[0-9]),\1,')"
-      snapcraftctl set version "$version"
+      version="$(git describe --tags --always | sed -r 's,^k([0-9]\.[0-9]),\1,')"
+      craftctl set version="$version"
 
       sed -i 's|^Icon=kotatogram$|Icon=${SNAP}/meta/gui/icon.png|g' lib/xdg/io.github.kotatogram.desktop
     override-build: |