diff --git a/.github/workflows/distribute-debian.yml b/.github/workflows/distribute-debian.yml
index 97480bd9..c9759dc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/distribute-debian.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/distribute-debian.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Parse version
         id: parse_version
-        run: echo VERSION=`grep "VERSION = " ./BUILD | cut -d"\"" -f2 | cut -d"-" -f1` >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        run: echo VERSION=`jq .version package.json -r` >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Extract Flood tarball
         run: |