diff --git a/.github/workflows/snap.yml b/.github/workflows/snap.yml
index dad9960111a..bba78f1338d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/snap.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/snap.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build snap (1) Run build
         uses: snapcore/action-build@v1
         id: snapcraft
+        with:
+          snapcraft-args: "--debug"
       - name: Build snap (2) Upload snap
         if: ${{ steps.checksecrets.outputs.secretspresent }}
         uses: snapcore/action-publish@v1
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1c2f5f070b8..f1e260f51bf 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -674,6 +674,7 @@ jlink {
         if (OperatingSystem.current().isLinux()) {
             imageOptions = [
                     '--icon', "${projectDir}/src/main/resources/icons/JabRef-icon-64.png",
+                    '--app-version', "${project.version}",
             ]
             installerOptions = [
                     '--verbose',
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index f53d9d44f63..714a569d6ae 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ parts:
       - x11-utils
     override-build: |
       snapcraftctl build
-      snapcraftctl set-version "$(cat $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL/lib/app/JabRef.cfg | grep "app.version=" | cut -d'=' -f2)"
+      snapcraftctl set-version "$(cat $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL/lib/app/.jpackage.xml | grep "app-version" | cut -d">" -f2 | cut -d"<" -f1)"
       sed -i 's|/opt/jabref/lib/jabrefHost.py|/snap/bin/jabref.browser-proxy|g' $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL/lib/native-messaging-host/*/org.jabref.jabref.json
       rm $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL/bin/JabRef
   jabref-launcher: