diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 22553f01c999eabcc63f5367e8bd2e6d8e764d1a..6ff56024710867299357a6f02df50c57ae164681 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -226,7 +226,9 @@ jobs:
           sudo usermod -aG lxd $USER
 
       - name: Build snap
-        run: sg lxd -c 'snapcraft pack --use-lxd --build-for=${{ matrix.arch }}'
+        run: |
+          touch .nightly
+          sg lxd -c 'snapcraft pack --use-lxd --build-for=${{ matrix.arch }}'
 
       - name: Upload snap
         env:
diff --git a/snapcraft.yaml b/snapcraft.yaml
index 4e7cbc0ce10afd7df5394bb5b08ba87f1b99357b..00a759f396fde6fdfa75fb9e1cf8988d41471529 100644
--- a/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ parts:
       - GOBIN: ""
     override-pull: |
       craftctl default
-      version="$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --exclude='nightlyv*' 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^v//' || echo 0.1)"
+      if [ -f .nightly ]; then
+        version="nightlyv0"
+      else
+        version="$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --exclude='nightlyv*' 2>/dev/null | sed 's/^v//' || echo 0.1)"
+      fi
       craftctl set version="$version"
     override-build: |
       go build -o "${CRAFT_PART_INSTALL}/bin/matcha" .