diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index ff31617b4d..451a2f5e5b 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ stages:
       - script: echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=result;]false"
         condition: failed()
       - script: |
-          version=$(./gradlew -qq printVersion | head -n -1 )
+          version=$(./gradlew -qq printVersion | head -n 1)
           echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=version]$version"
           # stop the Gradle daemon to ensure no files are left open (impacting the save cache operation later)
           ./gradlew --stop
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ stages:
       - script: echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=result;]false"
         condition: failed()
       - script: |
-          version=$(./gradlew -qq printVersion | head -n -1 )
+          version=$(./gradlew -qq printVersion | head -n 1)
           echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=version]$version"
           # stop the Gradle daemon to ensure no files are left open (impacting the save cache operation later)
           ./gradlew --stop
diff --git a/ci/azure-pipelines/publish_weekly.yml b/ci/azure-pipelines/publish_weekly.yml
index 4926213aa0..241e497821 100644
--- a/ci/azure-pipelines/publish_weekly.yml
+++ b/ci/azure-pipelines/publish_weekly.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,25 @@ parameters:
 
 steps:
   - task: Bash@3
-    displayName: 📂 SCP upload to sourceforge file management
+    displayName: install lftp
+    condition: ${{ parameters.condition }}
+    inputs:
+      targetType: 'inline'
+      script: |
+        apt-get update
+        apt-get install -y lftp
+  - task: Bash@3
+    displayName: "Disable strict host key checking"
+    condition: ${{ parameters.condition }}
+    inputs:
+      targetType: 'inline'
+      script: |
+         mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+         echo "StrictHostKeyChecking no" >> ~/.ssh/config
+         echo "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null" >> ~/.ssh/config
+         chmod 600 ~/.ssh/config
+  - task: Bash@3
+    displayName: 📂upload to sourceforge file management via SCP/SFTP
     condition: ${{ parameters.condition }}
     inputs:
       targetType: 'inline'
@@ -16,5 +34,10 @@ steps:
         ls -l $srcdir/*        
         dest=$(SOURCEFORGE_FILE_USER)@frs.sourceforge.net
         destdir=/home/frs/project/omegat/Weekly
-        echo "mkdir $destdir" | SSHPASS=$(SOURCEFORGE_FILE_PASS) sshpass -e sftp -oStrictHostKeyChecking=no $dest || true
-        SSHPASS=$(SOURCEFORGE_FILE_PASS) sshpass -e scp -s -oStrictHostKeyChecking=no $srcdir/* $dest:$destdir
+        lftp -u "$(SOURCEFORGE_FILE_USER),$(SOURCEFORGE_FILE_PASS)" sftp://frs.sourceforge.net <<__EOF__
+        mkdir -p $destdir
+        lcd $srcdir
+        cd $destdir
+        mirror -R --verbose
+        bye
+        __EOF__