diff --git a/build b/build
index 10e9c7b6..7e616199 100755
--- a/build
+++ b/build
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ set -ef
 PKGSRC=${PKGSRC:-github.com/RiV-chain/RiV-mesh/src/version}
 PKGNAME=${PKGNAME:-$(sh contrib/semver/name.sh)}
 PKGVER=${PKGVER:-$(sh contrib/semver/version.sh --bare)}
+echo "Building: $PKGVER"
+
 if [ "$LDFLAGS" ]; then
   LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -X $PKGSRC.buildName=$PKGNAME -X $PKGSRC.buildVersion=$PKGVER"
 else
diff --git a/contrib/semver/version.sh b/contrib/semver/version.sh
index d2ec6ce1..2b61ed22 100644
--- a/contrib/semver/version.sh
+++ b/contrib/semver/version.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 case "$*" in
   *--bare*)
     # Remove the "v" prefix
-    git describe --tags --match="v[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*" | cut -c 2-
+    git describe --tags --match="v[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*" --abbrev=7 | cut -c 2-
     ;;
   *)
-    git describe --tags --match="v[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*"
+    git describe --tags --match="v[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*" --abbrev=7
     ;;
 esac