diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 86192d81959fd8414406e1d5fa1fc7e9bb0c6295..a6bd2cfc75d23a60707d83136cc78a11416b3409 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -701,7 +701,9 @@ source-tarball:
     - ./configure
     - make sdist
     - mv sdistprep/*.xz  .
-    - make show VALUE=version > version
+    - make show! --quiet VALUE=ProjectVersion > version
+    - source version
+    - echo "$ProjectVersion" > version
 
 
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