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