diff --git a/get-version.sh b/get-version.sh
index 0d03a821ded0fba3f57a7b97de317d19b3c0eea1..f85e7e13141fb68865e9568ed5c1f8b959847900 100755
--- a/get-version.sh
+++ b/get-version.sh
@@ -19,4 +19,5 @@ try_version "${CI_COMMIT_TAG}"
 # gets completed and merged upstream.
 [ "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" ] && try_version "$(cat VERSION)"
 [ -d .git ] && try_version "$(git describe)"
-use_version "$(cat VERSION)"
+try_version "$(cat VERSION)"
+exit 1