diff --git a/build/container/Dockerfile.packaging b/build/container/Dockerfile.packaging
index f8975ded..1613c5b8 100644
--- a/build/container/Dockerfile.packaging
+++ b/build/container/Dockerfile.packaging
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ ARG PACKAGE_DIST
 ARG PACKAGE_VERSION
 ARG GIT_BRANCH
 ARG GIT_COMMIT
+ARG GIT_COMMIT_SHORT
 ARG SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH
 ARG VERSION
 
diff --git a/versions.mk b/versions.mk
index 146fcad1..9b1164d3 100644
--- a/versions.mk
+++ b/versions.mk
@@ -34,5 +34,6 @@ CUDA_VERSION := 12.0.1
 GOLANG_VERSION := 1.18.8
 
 GIT_COMMIT ?= $(shell git describe --match="" --dirty --long --always --abbrev=40 2> /dev/null || echo "")
+GIT_COMMIT_SHORT ?= $(shell  git git rev-parse --short HEAD 2> /dev/null || echo "")
 GIT_BRANCH ?= $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD 2> /dev/null || echo "${GIT_COMMIT}")
 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH ?= $(shell git log -1 --format=%ct  2> /dev/null || echo "")