diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 9ed8be2..3914242 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ parts:
       - --with-drivers=ps2write
       - --enable-freetype
       - --without-tesseract
+      - --without-gpdl
+      - --without-pcl
+      - --without-xps
       - --datarootdir=/snap/ps-printer-app/current/usr/share/
     stage-packages:
       - libpaper1
@@ -532,8 +535,6 @@ parts:
     source-type: git
     source-tag: '20240109'
     source-depth: 1
-    # Excluding foomatic-git from the update automation process
-    # as it lacks any official releases.
 # ext:updatesnap
 #   version-format:
 #     format: '%V'
@@ -543,12 +544,10 @@ parts:
       # Do the actual pull task
       craftctl default
       # Settings:
-      # Grade: stable/devel
-      GRADE=stable
-      # Package release number (integer)
-      PACKAGERELEASE=1
-      # Current upstream version of foomatic-db
-      #
+      # Force channel: auto/devel/edge/stable
+      CHANNEL=stable
+      # Force package release number (integer) or "auto"
+      PACKAGERELEASE=auto
       # As foomatic-db is simply a collection of printer data and not
       # some software which is under continuous development and
       # milestones of the development turn into releases, it is simply
@@ -560,13 +559,59 @@ parts:
       # the day after the day of the execution of the pull task of
       # this part as the version number (this is the version in which
       # the current GIT state would land).
-      sec_after_epoch=`date +%s`
-      upstreamversion="`date -d @$(( $sec_after_epoch + 86400 )) +%Y%m%d`"
+      # Time stamp of Snap build in Snap Store
+      snapbuilddatehuman=`curl -s -H 'Snap-Device-Series: 16' https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/ps-printer-app | jq -r '."channel-map" | .[] | select(.channel.name == "edge") | select(.channel.architecture == "amd64") | ."created-at"'`
+      snapbuilddate=`date +%s --date=$snapbuilddatehuman`
+      if [ -z "$snapbuilddate" ]; then
+          snapbuilddate=0
+      fi
+      # Time stamp of the last GIT commit of the snapping repository
+      pushd $CRAFT_PROJECT_DIR
+      gitcommitdate=`git log -1 --date=unix | grep Date: | perl -p -e 's/Date:\s*//'`
+      popd
+      if [ -z "$gitcommitdate" ]; then
+          gitcommitdate=0
+      fi
+      # Previous stable and development version
+      prevstable="$(curl -s -H 'Snap-Device-Series: 16' https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/ps-printer-app | jq -r '."channel-map" | .[] | select(.channel.name == "stable") | select(.channel.architecture == "'$CRAFT_TARGET_ARCH'") | .version')"
+      if [ -z "$prevstable" ]; then
+          prevstable=0
+      fi
+      prevdevel="$(curl -s -H 'Snap-Device-Series: 16' https://api.snapcraft.io/v2/snaps/info/ps-printer-app | jq -r '."channel-map" | .[] | select(.channel.name == "edge") | select(.channel.architecture == "'$CRAFT_TARGET_ARCH'") | .version')"
+      if [ -z "$prevdevel" ]; then
+          prevdevel=0
+      fi
+      # Previous version in general
+      dpkg --compare-versions "$prevdevel" lt "$prevstable" && prevversion=$prevstable || prevversion=$prevdevel
+      # Current upstream version of foomatic-db
+      # Assuming release tags are in the format YYYYMMDD
+      upstreamversion="$(git describe --tags --always | sed -e 's/^v//;s/-/+git/;s/\([0-9]\{4\}\)\([0-9]\{2\}\)\([0-9]\{2\}\)/\1\2\3/')"
+      # Determine package release number
+      if test "x$PACKAGERELEASE" = "xauto"; then
+          packagerelease=`echo "$prevversion" | perl -p -e 's/^('"$upstreamversion"'\-(\d+)|.*)$/\2/'`
+          if [ -z "$packagerelease" ]; then
+              packagerelease=1
+          else
+              if test "$gitcommitdate" -gt "$snapbuilddate"; then
+                  packagerelease=$(( $packagerelease + 1 ))
+              fi
+          fi
+      else
+          packagerelease=$PACKAGERELEASE
+      fi
       # Compose version string
-      version="$upstreamversion-$PACKAGERELEASE"
+      version="$upstreamversion-$packagerelease"
+      # Select channel
+      if test "x$CHANNEL" = "xedge" -o "x$CHANNEL" = "xdevel"; then
+          grade=devel
+      elif test "x$CHANNEL" = "xstable"; then
+          grade=stable
+      else
+          [ -n "$(echo $version | grep "+git")" ] && grade=devel || grade=stable
+      fi
       # Set version and grade
       craftctl set version="$version"
-      craftctl set grade="$GRADE"
+      craftctl set grade="$grade"
     override-build: |
       set -eux
       # Remove non-PostScript manufacturer PPD files
@@ -587,6 +632,7 @@ parts:
       - perl-base
       - python3
       - xz-utils
+      - jq
     stage-packages:
       - python3
       - xz-utils