diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a6531980ec1d90b393d1f09c9d2e01855dcebe59..cd3833c7d2f6f6d08b38e85cf45c0cd3549521fe 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ deploy-release:
     - ./mvnw $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS $MAVEN_OPTS validate -DremoveSnapshot
     - ./mvnw $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS $MAVEN_OPTS deploy -DskipTests
     - export RELEASE_VERSION=$(./mvnw --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress --non-recursive help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version | grep -v "\[.*")
-    - if [[ $VERSION =~ .*SNAPSHOT ]]; then exit 1; fi
+    - if [[ $RELEASE_VERSION =~ .*SNAPSHOT ]]; then exit 1; fi
     - export RELEASE_TAG="v${RELEASE_VERSION}"
     - git add pom.xml
     - git commit -m "[ci skip] Set release version ${RELEASE_VERSION}"
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ update_model_ALTERNARIA:
   script:
     - apk add --no-cache openjdk11
     - export RELEASE_VERSION=$(./mvnw --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress --non-recursive help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version | grep -v "\[.*")
-    - trigger -h gitlab.nibio.no -a "$CICD_API_TOKEN" -p "$ACCESS_TOKEN_ALTERNARIA" -t $MAIN_BRANCH $ALTERNARIA_PROJECT_ID -e VERSION=$RELEASE_VERSION
+    - trigger -h gitlab.nibio.no -a "$CICD_API_TOKEN" -p "$ACCESS_TOKEN_ALTERNARIA" -t $MAIN_BRANCH $ALTERNARIA_PROJECT_ID -e RELEASE_VERSION=$RELEASE_VERSION
   tags:
     - vips-java
   rules: