diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_nexus_version.yml b/.github/workflows/check_nexus_version.yml
index 51e04816a..73fa9d73d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_nexus_version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_nexus_version.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
           git submodule update --init --recursive --jobs=4
           git submodule foreach --recursive 'git fetch --tags'
           cd src/pynxtools/definitions
-          git describe --dirty --tags --long --match "*[0-9]*" > ../nexus-ref.txt
+          git describe --dirty --tags --long --abbrev=8 --match "*[0-9]*" > ../nexus-ref.txt
           cd ../
       - name: Diff
         run: |
diff --git a/src/pynxtools/_build_wrapper.py b/src/pynxtools/_build_wrapper.py
index d07aa084a..6f94553a0 100644
--- a/src/pynxtools/_build_wrapper.py
+++ b/src/pynxtools/_build_wrapper.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ def get_vcs_version(tag_match="*[0-9]*") -> Optional[str]:
                     "--dirty",
                     "--tags",
                     "--long",
+                    "--abbrev=8",
                     "--match",
                     tag_match,
                 ],