diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index a0feb1c7f..e276e7380 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # POM publishing constants
-VERSION_NAME=0.6.18
+VERSION_NAME=0.6.19-SNAPSHOT
 GROUP=com.facebook.flipper
 POM_URL=https://github.com/facebook/flipper
 POM_SCM_URL=https://github.com/facebook/flipper.git
diff --git a/scripts/publish-android-snapshot.sh b/scripts/publish-android-snapshot.sh
index a0adf6fcd..266dcec90 100755
--- a/scripts/publish-android-snapshot.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish-android-snapshot.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-#!/usr/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
 
 BASEDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )/.." && pwd )"
-IS_SNAPSHOT="$(grep 'VERSION_NAME=[0-9\.]\+-SNAPSHOT' "$BASEDIR/gradle.properties")"
+IS_SNAPSHOT="$(grep 'VERSION_NAME=[0-9\.]\+-SNAPSHOT' "$BASEDIR/gradle.properties" || echo "")"
 
 if [ "$ANDROID_PUBLISH_KEY" == "" ]; then
   echo "No encryption key. Skipping snapshot deployment."