diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 90901b09c91962ea92be09f1523706cbbb454192..6b73578b2b1a832d2b6771ed3ffc9d169b26d272 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ docker_publish_production:
     mkdir -p ~/.docker && echo "$DOCKER_AUTH_CONFIG" >~/.docker/config.json
     docker load --input=image.tar.gz
     version=`expr ${CI_COMMIT_TAG} ':' 'release/\(.\+\)'`
-    major_version=1
+    major_version=`expr ${version} ':' '\([^.]\+\)'`
+    # minor_version=`expr ${version} ':' '[^.]\+\.\([^.]\+\)'`
+    # patch_version=`expr ${version} ':' '[^.]\+\.[^.]\+\.\(.\+\)'`
+    # major_version=1
     minor_version=0
     patch_version=0
     echo "major version ${major_version}, minor version ${minor_version}, patch version ${patch_version}"