diff --git a/scripts/start-deployFTBA b/scripts/start-deployFTBA
index c9d7adab7d1..8275cb88ff1 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployFTBA
+++ b/scripts/start-deployFTBA
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ fi
 forgeVersion=$(jq -r '.targets|unique[] | select(.name == "forge") | .version' version.json)
 fabricVersion=$(jq -r '.targets|unique[] | select(.name == "fabric") | .version' version.json)
 mcVersion=$(jq -r '.targets|unique[] | select(.name == "minecraft") | .version' version.json)
+VERSION="$mcVersion"
+export VERSION
 
 variants=(
   "forge-${mcVersion}-${forgeVersion}.jar"