diff --git a/latex.gitlab-ci.yml b/latex.gitlab-ci.yml
index a8b873dc0b4e1697affd1790deab0ad981451840..479d67bc9607fca11d54d1ff2b896da3cd2aa540 100644
--- a/latex.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/latex.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     - amd64  # texlive image doesn't support arm64
   image: registry.gitlab.com/islandoftex/images/texlive:latest
   script:
+    - git describe --always --long --dirty --broken > .gitVersion.tmp
     - latexmk -outdir=../out -cd -interaction=batchmode -pdf $SOURCE
   artifacts:
     expire_in: 1d