diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index eeb3ef0b1..6a83bf909 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: avahi
-version: 0
+version: "0.7"
 version-script: git describe --tags | cut -c 2-
 summary: avahi-daemon 
 description: |
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ description: |
 
   Copyright 2004-2015 by the Avahi developers.
 
+base: core18
 confinement: strict
 grade: stable