diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8d65f07963e810bba3989c01898eef765d8363f4..be52cf496b90e1cdaa0be4a7ff64e7d9fafc273e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ variables:
 set_version:
   stage: .pre
   script:
-    - if echo $CI_COMMIT_TAG | grep -Eq "^LOFAR-Release-[0-9]_[0-9]_[0-9]"; TMP=${CI_COMMIT_TAG//LOFAR-Release-/}; VERSION=${TMP//_/.}; fi
+    - if echo $CI_COMMIT_TAG | grep -Eq "^LOFAR-Release-[0-9]_[0-9]_[0-9]"; then TMP=${CI_COMMIT_TAG//LOFAR-Release-/}; VERSION=${TMP//_/.}; fi
     - echo "BUILDING $VERSION"
 
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