diff --git a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
index e73c543b91806c126b28d0cbca040635bd5f40ad..5b4156a6993884d266e02516041f23fa2248de48 100644
--- a/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
+++ b/templates/gitlab-ci-python.yml
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ variables:
         py_cur_version=$(python setup.py --version)
         py_release_part="$PYTHON_RELEASE_NEXT"
         log_info "[Setuptools] bumpversion ($py_release_part) from \\e[1;94m${py_cur_version}\\e[0m"
-        bumpversion ${TRACE+--verbose} --current-version "$py_cur_version" --commit --message "$py_commit_message" --tag --tag-name "{new_version}" "$py_release_part"
+        bumpversion ${TRACE+--verbose} --current-version "$py_cur_version" --commit --message "$py_commit_message" --tag --tag-name "{new_version}" "$py_release_part" setup.py
       elif [[ -f ".bumpversion.cfg" ]]
       then
         # current version shall be set in .bumpversion.cfg