diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ad9f0f1..08b5a5e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ build-android:
     /usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk-amd64/bin/java --version
     mkdir -p ~/.ssh && ssh-keyscan -p 22 -t rsa,ed25519 git.inker.bot >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
   script:
-    - export version=$(git describe --tags) && echo "building version $version"
+    - export version="$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA" && echo "building version $version"
     - bash ./setup-ndk.sh
     - bin/update && bin/apply && cd works/core
     - git submodule update --init --recursive