diff --git a/.github/workflows/mavenpublish.yml b/.github/workflows/mavenpublish.yml
index e708e9b..a6f8913 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mavenpublish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mavenpublish.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ jobs:
         server-id: github # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
         settings-path: ${{ github.workspace }} # location for the settings.xml file
 
+    - name: Set maven version
+      run: mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=${GITHUB_REF##*/}
+
     - name: Build with Maven
       run: mvn -B package -pl validify-core --file pom.xml