diff --git a/templates/java/gradle/gradle-build.gitlab-ci.yml b/templates/java/gradle/gradle-build.gitlab-ci.yml
index a26a0ae..edbb657 100644
--- a/templates/java/gradle/gradle-build.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/templates/java/gradle/gradle-build.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
     - >
       if ["$CI_COMMIT_TAG" != ""] && ["$PATH_TO_VERSION_FILE" != ""]; then
         export GRADLE_VERSION=$(awk '/^version/{print $NF}' $PATH_TO_VERSION_FILE)
-        $(sed -i /^version/s/$GRADLE_VERSION/\'$CI_COMMIT_TAG\'/ $PATH_TO_VERSION_FILE)
       fi
   script:
     - "./gradlew --build-cache assemble $GRADLE_CLI_OPTS"