diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
index c7f3fd7fe..a60af0e3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ jobs:
         distribution: 'temurin'
         cache: 'gradle'
     - name: Build dex-tools with Gradle
-      run: ./gradlew check distZip
+      run: |
+         set -ex
+         ./gradlew "-DGITHUB_REF_NAME=${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" check distZip
 
     - name: Archive dex tools
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8165f9a07..45fd154c0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ allprojects  {
   apply plugin: 'idea'
   apply plugin: 'eclipse'
   group = 'com.googlecode.d2j'
-  version = '2.2-SNAPSHOT'
+  version = System.getProperty('GITHUB_REF_NAME', '2.x')
 }
 
 defaultTasks('clean','distZip')