diff --git a/jenkins/ci-pipelines/ci_stage_3.groovy b/jenkins/ci-pipelines/ci_stage_3.groovy
index f482ee7..4ba5630 100644
--- a/jenkins/ci-pipelines/ci_stage_3.groovy
+++ b/jenkins/ci-pipelines/ci_stage_3.groovy
@@ -518,9 +518,9 @@
 
                         stage("Snap promotion") {
                             def snaps = ["osmclient"]
+                            sh "snapcraft login --with ~/.snapcraft/config"
                             for (snap in snaps) {
-                                sh "docker pull snapcore/snapcraft:stable"
-                                channel=""
+                                channel="latest/"
                                 if (BRANCH_NAME.startsWith("v")) {
                                     channel=BRANCH_NAME.substring(1)+"/"
                                 } else if (BRANCH_NAME!="master") {
@@ -528,26 +528,19 @@
                                 }
                                 track=channel+"edge\\*"
                                 edge_rev=sh(returnStdout: true,
-                                    script: "sudo docker run -v ~/.snapcraft:/snapcraft -v ${WORKSPACE}:/build " +
-                                    "-w /build snapcore/snapcraft:stable /bin/bash -c " +
-                                    "\"snapcraft login --with /snapcraft/config &>/dev/null && " +
-                                    "snapcraft revisions $snap\" | " +
-                                    "grep \" $track\" | tail -1 | awk '{print \$1}'").trim()
+                                    script: "snapcraft revisions $snap | " +
+                                    "grep \"$track\" | tail -1 | awk '{print \$1}'").trim()
+                                print "edge rev is $edge_rev"
                                 track=channel+"beta\\*"
                                 beta_rev=sh(returnStdout: true,
-                                    script: "sudo docker run -v ~/.snapcraft:/snapcraft -v ${WORKSPACE}:/build " +
-                                    "-w /build snapcore/snapcraft:stable /bin/bash -c " +
-                                    "\"snapcraft login --with /snapcraft/config &>/dev/null && " +
-                                    "snapcraft revisions $snap\" | " +
-                                    "grep \" $track\" | tail -1 | awk '{print \$1}'").trim()
+                                    script: "snapcraft revisions $snap | " +
+                                    "grep \"$track\" | tail -1 | awk '{print \$1}'").trim()
+                                print "beta rev is $beta_rev"
 
                                 if ( edge_rev != beta_rev ) {
                                     print "Promoting $edge_rev to beta in place of $beta_rev"
                                     beta_track=channel+"beta"
-                                    sh("sudo docker run -v ~/.snapcraft:/snapcraft -v ${WORKSPACE}:/build " +
-                                        "-w /build snapcore/snapcraft:stable /bin/bash -c " +
-                                        "\"snapcraft login --with /snapcraft/config &>/dev/null && " +
-                                        "snapcraft release $snap $edge_rev $beta_track\"")
+                                    sh "snapcraft release $snap $edge_rev $beta_track"
                                 }
                             }
                         }