diff --git a/versions.mk b/versions.mk
index 9060ad98..d316821e 100644
--- a/versions.mk
+++ b/versions.mk
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ LIBNVIDIA_CONTAINER0_VERSION := 0.10.0+jetpack
 CUDA_VERSION := 11.8.0
 GOLANG_VERSION := 1.17.8
 
-GIT_COMMIT ?= $(shell git describe --match="" --dirty --long --always 2> /dev/null || echo "")
+GIT_COMMIT ?= $(shell git describe --match="" --dirty --long --always --abbrev=40 2> /dev/null || echo "")