diff --git a/snap/local/launch b/snap/local/launch
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..acda68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/snap/local/launch
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+$SNAP/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk/bin/java -DJENKINS_HOME="$SNAP_DATA" -Djava.awt.headless=true -jar $SNAP/jenkins.war
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 046e192..b0922cc 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 name: jenkins
 summary: Jenkins automation server
-base: core18
+base: core20
 description: |
   Jenkins is the leading open-source automation server. Built with Java, it
   provides over 1000 plugins to support automating virtually anything, so that
   humans can actually spend their time doing things machines cannot.
+
 adopt-info: jenkins
 
 confinement: classic
@@ -15,43 +16,41 @@ apps:
     environment:
       XDG_DATA_HOME: "$SNAP/usr/share"
       FONTCONFIG_PATH: "$SNAP/etc/fonts"
-      JAVA_HOME: "$SNAP/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk"
+      JAVA_HOME: "$SNAP/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk"
       LD_LIBRARY_PATH: "$SNAP/usr/lib/$SNAPCRAFT_ARCH_TRIPLET"
-    command: |
-      usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk/bin/java -DJENKINS_HOME="$SNAP_DATA" -Djava.awt.headless=true -jar $SNAP/jenkins.war
+    command: launch            
     daemon: simple
   config:
     command: jenkins-config
 
 parts:
-  bsi-trigger: # A non-built part, only used to trigger builds in build.snapcraft.io on upstream changes
-    plugin: nil
-    source: https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins.git
   jenkins:
     plugin: nil
+    source: https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins.git # in lieu of the BGI trigger which didn't seem to work
     stage-packages:
       - fonts-dejavu-core
       - libfontconfig1
-      - openjdk-11-jre-headless
+      - openjdk-17-jre-headless
       - ca-certificates-java
     build-packages:
       - curl
-      - unzip
       - libnss3
       - ca-certificates-java
+    
+    override-pull: |
+      snapcraftctl pull
+      snapcraftctl set-version "$(git describe --tags | sed 's/^v//' | cut -d "-" -f2)"
+
     override-build: |
       curl -sLO http://mirrors.jenkins.io/war/latest/jenkins.war
-      unzip jenkins.war META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
-      VERSION=$(grep Jenkins-Version META-INF/MANIFEST.MF | cut -d' ' -f2 | tr -d '\r')
-      rm META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
-      mv $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-* $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk
-      rm $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk/lib/security/cacerts
-      cp /etc/ssl/certs/java/cacerts $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk/lib/security/cacerts
+      mv $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-* $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk
+      rm $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk/lib/security/cacerts
+      cp /etc/ssl/certs/java/cacerts $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL/usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk/lib/security/cacerts
       cp /etc/ssl/certs/java/cacerts $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL/etc/ssl/certs/java/cacerts
       mv jenkins.war $SNAPCRAFT_PART_INSTALL
-      snapcraftctl set-version "$VERSION"
   config:
     plugin: dump
     source: snap/local
     prime:
       - jenkins-config
+      - launch