diff --git a/bin/semver b/bin/semver
index a70f2a8..e8403bc 100755
--- a/bin/semver
+++ b/bin/semver
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function bump_version_file {
   local publishingVersion="${1}"
   local newVersion=$( bump_patch $publishingVersion)
   local versionFile=${2:-version.properties}
-  updateVersionFile $newVersion $publishingVersion $versionFile $3
+  updateVersionFile $newVersion $publishingVersion $versionFile "${3}"
 }
 
 # Updates version.properties with given version, sets publishedVersion to the $VERSION
diff --git a/makefiles/release.make b/makefiles/release.make
index 00bf887..12156b1 100644
--- a/makefiles/release.make
+++ b/makefiles/release.make
@@ -6,17 +6,24 @@ github_release := $(SHIPKIT_BIN)/github_release
 semver := $(SHIPKIT_BIN)/semver
 changelog := $(SHIPKIT_BIN)/changelog
 
+VERSION_FILENAME ?= version.properties
+VERSION_SET_SNAPSHOT ?= false
+
+shipkit:
+	version:
+		filename:
+
 update-changelog: | _verify_VERSION _verify_PUBLISHED_VERSION _verify_RELEASE_CHANGELOG _verify_PROJECT_FULLNAME
-	$(changelog) update_changelog $(VERSION) $(PUBLISHED_VERSION) $(RELEASE_CHANGELOG) $(PROJECT_FULLNAME)
+	$(changelog) update_changelog "$(VERSION)" "$(PUBLISHED_VERSION)" "$(RELEASE_CHANGELOG)" "$(PROJECT_FULLNAME)"
 	echo "update-changelog success"
 
 update-readme-version: | _verify_VERSION
 	$(semver) replace_version "$(VERSION)" README.md
 	echo "update-readme-version success"
 
-bump-version-props: | _verify_VERSION
-	$(semver) bump_version_file "$(VERSION)" version.properties
-	echo "bump-version-props success"
+bump-version-file: | _verify_VERSION
+	$(semver) bump_version_file "$(VERSION)" "$(VERSION_FILENAME)" "$(VERSION_SET_SNAPSHOT)"
+	echo "bump-version-file success on $(VERSION_FILENAME) for v:$(VERSION)"
 
 # updates change log, bumps version, updates the publishingVersion in README
 push-version-bumps:
@@ -39,7 +46,7 @@ create-github-release: | _verify_VERSION _verify_RELEASABLE_BRANCH _verify_PROJE
 	$(github_release) create_github_release $(VERSION) $(RELEASABLE_BRANCH) $(PROJECT_FULLNAME) $(GITHUB_TOKEN)
 	echo "create-github-release success"
 
-semantic-release: update-changelog update-readme-version bump-version-props create-github-release push-version-bumps
+semantic-release: update-changelog update-readme-version bump-version-file create-github-release push-version-bumps
 	echo "Releasable ... doing version bump, changelog and tag push"
 
 endif # end RELEASABLE_BRANCH
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/versions/Makefile b/tests/fixtures/versions/Makefile
index f95a5f9..725ab61 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/versions/Makefile
+++ b/tests/fixtures/versions/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 include Shipkit.make
-include makefiles/secrets.make
+include makefiles/release.make
 
-version-cd-dir:
-	cd build && $(GIT_SECRET_SH) --version
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/versions/bin/gpg b/tests/fixtures/versions/bin/gpg
deleted file mode 100755
index 4a76493..0000000
--- a/tests/fixtures/versions/bin/gpg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-read key
-echo mock-gpg "$key"
diff --git a/tests/semver.bats b/tests/semver.bats
index e759760..c3255b9 100644
--- a/tests/semver.bats
+++ b/tests/semver.bats
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bats
 source "$SHIPKIT_BIN/semver"
+load test_helper
+
+setup() {
+  export FIXTURE_DIR="$BATS_TEST_DIRNAME/fixtures/versions"
+  export VERSION_FILENAME=build/semver_tests/version.env
+  export VERSION_SET_SNAPSHOT=true
+}
 
 @test 'bump_patch' {
   version=$(bump_patch "1.2.3 ")
@@ -27,3 +34,24 @@ source "$SHIPKIT_BIN/semver"
   grep "snapshot=true" $semverFile
 
 }
+
+@test 'make sure git-secret-version works' {
+
+  semverFile=$VERSION_FILENAME
+  echo "version=1.0.1" > $semverFile
+  echo "publishedVersion=1.0.0" >> $semverFile
+  echo "snapshot=false" >> $semverFile
+
+  grep "version=1.0.1" $semverFile
+  grep "publishedVersion=1.0.0" $semverFile
+  grep "snapshot=false" $semverFile
+
+  run make -f $FIXTURE_DIR/Makefile bump-version-file VERSION=1.0.1
+  __debug "${status}" "${output}" "${lines[@]}"
+
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  grep "version=1.0.2" $semverFile
+  grep "publishedVersion=1.0.1" $semverFile
+  grep "snapshot=true" $semverFile
+  # [ "${lines[0]}" == "tests/fixtures/bin/curl  \"http://localhost\" | cat -" ]
+}