diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-build/action.yaml b/.github/actions/setup-build/action.yaml
index c9fb5970..2a08f425 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-build/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-build/action.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ runs:
           cd compiler
           git --no-pager log -1
           commitHash=$(git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)
-          baseVersion=$(cat project/Build.scala | grep 'val baseVersion =' | xargs | awk '{ print $4 }') 
+          baseVersion=$(sbt "eval Build.baseVersion" | grep 'ans: String =' | xargs | awk '{ print $5 }') 
           # `SNAPSHOT` substring is required to treat compiler as experimental
           # All compilers build from branch are treated experimental
           scalaVersion="${baseVersion}-bin-${commitHash}-SNAPSHOT"
diff --git a/compiler-builder/build.sh b/compiler-builder/build.sh
index 8b6a1cd1..7e6ad20e 100755
--- a/compiler-builder/build.sh
+++ b/compiler-builder/build.sh
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ echo '##################################'
 
 cd "$repoDir"
 
-sed -i -r 's/val baseVersion = ".*"/val baseVersion = "'$scalaVersion'"/' project/Build.scala 
-export RELEASEBUILD=yes
-
-sbt \
+sbt --batch \
   \;'set every sonatypePublishToBundle := Some("Community Build Repo" at sys.env("CB_MVN_REPO_URL"))'  \
+  \;'set every version := "'$scalaVersion'"' \
   \;"scala3-bootstrapped/publish"