diff --git a/SCYLLA-VERSION-GEN b/SCYLLA-VERSION-GEN
index a6389001aa..a218857fca 100755
--- a/SCYLLA-VERSION-GEN
+++ b/SCYLLA-VERSION-GEN
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ then
 	SCYLLA_RELEASE=$(cat version | awk -F'-' '{print $2}')
 else
 	DATE=$(date --utc +%Y%m%d)
-	GIT_COMMIT=$(git -C "$SCRIPT_DIR" log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1)
+	GIT_COMMIT=$(git -C "$SCRIPT_DIR" log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1 --abbrev=12)
 	SCYLLA_VERSION=$VERSION
 	# For custom package builds, replace "0" with "counter.your_name",
 	# where counter starts at 1 and increments for successive versions.