diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9c87f26996..616a30d8ed 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ jobs:
     - sudo /snap/bin/lxd.migrate -yes
     - sudo /snap/bin/lxd waitready
     - sudo /snap/bin/lxd init --auto
+    - git fetch --tags
     script:
     - ./scripts/build_snap.sh
     after_failure:
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index e88338a3e9..15aacae6cf 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ parts:
     - git
     override-pull: |
         snapcraftctl pull
-        snapcraftctl set-version `cd $SNAPCRAFT_PART_SRC && git describe --tags`
+        snapcraftctl set-version $(cd $SNAPCRAFT_PART_SRC && git describe --tags)
         git diff --quiet || error_dirty_build
         echo 'PKG = "snap"' > $SNAPCRAFT_PART_SRC/dvc/utils/build.py
         # install all optional extras