diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index dc356ea249954d4a5281f05bbffbef7156b97b0e..625de36e6aa20666cf8742db3adf9ce10303ce35 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ before_script:
   - git config --global user.email "${GITLAB_USER_EMAIL}"
   - echo "Get common settings"
   - git clone $COMMON_CONFIG_REMOTE $COMMON_CONFIG_LOCAL
-  - cd $COMMON_CONFIG_LOCAL
-  - cp $SETTINGS_XML ../$SETTINGS_XML
-  - cd ..
+  - cp $COMMON_CONFIG_LOCAL/$SETTINGS_XML .
   - rm -rf $COMMON_CONFIG_LOCAL
   - apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y python3 && apt-get install -y rsync openssh-client
   - "python3 build_pom_with_models.py"
@@ -218,6 +216,7 @@ upload-and-tag-release:
     - git stash pop
 
     # Set release version and deploy. Commit, tag and push.
+    - "python3 build_pom_with_models.py"
     - export RELEASE_VERSION=$(./mvnw $MAVEN_POM_WITH_MODELS $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS $MAVEN_OPTS --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress --non-recursive help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version | grep -v "\[.*")
     - export RELEASE_TAG="v${RELEASE_VERSION}"
     - echo "Version to deploy '$RELEASE_VERSION', will be tagged '$RELEASE_TAG'"
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a59ebd780c9a446280eb7ba60339d24a9d68633c..f5de5276ee89f80b58458cbcf3df2643fca46621 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <groupId>no.nibio</groupId>
     <artifactId>VIPSCore</artifactId>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
-    <version>9.9.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+     <version>9.9.6</version>
 
     <name>VIPSCore</name>
     <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>