diff --git a/templates/java/gradle/gradle-build.gitlab-ci.yml b/templates/java/gradle/gradle-build.gitlab-ci.yml
index edbb657..58dd5d6 100644
--- a/templates/java/gradle/gradle-build.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/templates/java/gradle/gradle-build.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
     # Replace version in Gradle file with $CI_COMMIT_TAG
     - >
       if ["$CI_COMMIT_TAG" != ""] && ["$PATH_TO_VERSION_FILE" != ""]; then
+        echo "HELLO"
+        echo "$CI_COMMIT_TAG"
+        echo "$PATH_TO_VERSION_FILE"
         export GRADLE_VERSION=$(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"