diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9b9323c..d02c350 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ stages:
 variables:
   DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT: "1"
   DOTNET_NOLOGO: "true"
+  GIT_DEPTH: "0"
 
-image: mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0
+image: mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:10.0
 
 before_script:
   - dotnet --info
@@ -23,17 +24,22 @@ build:
 
 publish_nuget:
   stage: publish
-  image: mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:8.0
+  image: mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:10.0
   variables:
     NUGET_SOURCE: "$CI_API_V4_URL/projects/$CI_PROJECT_ID/packages/nuget/index.json"
-  script:
-    - dotnet restore
-    - dotnet tool install --global GitVersion.Tool --version 5.13.0 || true
-    - export PATH="$PATH:~/.dotnet/tools"
-    - gitversion /output buildserver
-    - echo "GitVersion_NuGetVersionV2=$GitVersion_NuGetVersionV2"
-    - dotnet pack src/AIFotoONLUS.Core/AIFotoONLUS.Core.csproj -c Release -o nuget --no-build
-    - dotnet nuget push "nuget/*.nupkg" --source "$NUGET_SOURCE" --api-key "$CI_JOB_TOKEN" --skip-duplicate
+  script: |
+    dotnet restore
+    git fetch --prune --unshallow || true
+    git fetch origin +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* || true
+    git branch --show-current || true
+    dotnet tool install --global GitVersion.Tool --version 5.13.0 || true
+    export PATH="$PATH:~/.dotnet/tools"
+    GITVER=$(gitversion /showvariable NuGetVersionV2)
+    echo "Raw version: $GITVER"
+    PACKAGE_VERSION=$(echo "$GITVER" | sed 's/[{}]//g' | sed 's/[^0-9A-Za-z.-]//g')
+    echo "Package version: $PACKAGE_VERSION"
+    dotnet pack src/AIFotoONLUS.Core/AIFotoONLUS.Core.csproj -c Release -o nuget /p:PackageVersion="$PACKAGE_VERSION"
+    dotnet nuget push "nuget/*.nupkg" --source "$NUGET_SOURCE" --api-key "$CI_JOB_TOKEN" --skip-duplicate
   only:
     - main
     - master
diff --git a/GitVersion.yml b/GitVersion.yml
index a87f49f..c19b731 100644
--- a/GitVersion.yml
+++ b/GitVersion.yml
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ branches:
   main:
     regex: ^main$
     increment: Minor
-    prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
     track-merge-target: false
   master:
     regex: ^master$
     increment: Minor
-    prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
     track-merge-target: false
   feature:
     regex: ^(?:feat(?:ure)?|feature)[/\\-]
diff --git a/src/AIFotoONLUS.Core/AIFotoONLUS.Core.csproj b/src/AIFotoONLUS.Core/AIFotoONLUS.Core.csproj
index 9a793fd..8dbcfd1 100644
--- a/src/AIFotoONLUS.Core/AIFotoONLUS.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/AIFotoONLUS.Core/AIFotoONLUS.Core.csproj
@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@
     <Company>Maddo</Company>
     <Description>Core library for AIFotoONLUS image processing and recognition.</Description>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://gitlab.com/MaddoScientisto/aifotoonlus</RepositoryUrl>
-    <!-- Use GitVersion MSBuild properties to set package version during CI/build -->
-    <Version>$(GitVersion_NuGetVersionV2)</Version>
+    <!-- Use GitVersion MSBuild properties to set package version during CI/build. Provide fallback if variable is not defined.
+         Sanitize the GitVersion output to remove characters invalid for NuGet (e.g., braces) -->
+    <GitVersionRaw>$(GitVersion_NuGetVersionV2)</GitVersionRaw>
+    <GitVersionSanitized>$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Replace('$(GitVersionRaw)','[{}]',''))</GitVersionSanitized>
+    <Version Condition="'$(GitVersionSanitized)' != ''">$(GitVersionSanitized)</Version>
+    <Version Condition="'$(GitVersionSanitized)' == ''">0.1.0</Version>
     <PackageReleaseNotes>See Git history for release notes.</PackageReleaseNotes>
     <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
     <IncludeSymbols>false</IncludeSymbols>
@@ -22,7 +26,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="OpenCvSharp4.runtime.win" Version="4.13.0.20260214" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions" Version="10.0.3" />
     <!-- GitVersion MSBuild integration for automatic semantic versioning -->
-    <PackageReference Include="GitVersion.MsBuild" Version="6.5.1" PrivateAssets="all" />
+    <PackageReference Include="GitVersion.MsBuild" Version="5.13.0" PrivateAssets="all" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
   </ItemGroup>