diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6bd188525cae73f182b7393f79bbb056eadbefd6..4921dd92f121651153dc7f241b42727d9a74865d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 variables:
-  TEST_PACKAGE_NAME: clmctest-$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME-$CI_COMMIT_SHA-.tar.gz
+  TEST_PACKAGE_NAME: clmctest-SNAPSHOP-.tar.gz
 
 stages:  
   - build
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ stages:
 
 build:tests:
   stage: build
-  script:
+  script: 
     - echo $TEST_PACKAGE_NAME
-    - echo "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME-$CI_COMMIT_SHA" > clmctest/git-commit-ref  
     - python setup.py sdist --dist-dir=build
   artifacts:
     paths:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 966eca28a7b0a7dc1acf594ff31423b2b64dd417..a96fe958818a79d5678b00933903587935d734fb 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ def read(fname):
 
 setup(
     name = "clmctest",
-    version = read('clmctest/git-commit-ref'),
+    version = "clmctest-SNAPSHOP",
     author = "Michael Boniface",
     author_email = "mjb@it-innovation.soton.ac.uk",
     description = "FLAME CLMC Testing Module",