diff --git a/envoy.distribution.distrotest/VERSION b/envoy.distribution.distrotest/VERSION
index 2f80b8dbb..8cbf02c39 100644
--- a/envoy.distribution.distrotest/VERSION
+++ b/envoy.distribution.distrotest/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.0.12-dev
+0.0.12
diff --git a/envoy.distribution.distrotest/envoy/distribution/distrotest/distrotest.yaml b/envoy.distribution.distrotest/envoy/distribution/distrotest/distrotest.yaml
index 71c56dc10..fdf2967b0 100644
--- a/envoy.distribution.distrotest/envoy/distribution/distrotest/distrotest.yaml
+++ b/envoy.distribution.distrotest/envoy/distribution/distrotest/distrotest.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ deb:
     env: DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
     command: |
       chmod +x /tmp/distrotest.sh
-      echo 'Acquire::Retries "20";' | sudo tee /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80-retries
+      echo 'Acquire::Retries "20";' > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/80-retries
       apt-get update
       apt-get install -y -qq -o=Dpkg::Use-Pty=0 --no-install-recommends curl devscripts gnupg2 procps sudo
       mkdir /usr/share/debsign