diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6a4abb40a6c1..2b61b7379ab4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -194,9 +194,7 @@ build-linux-stable:
     - sha256sum polkadot | tee polkadot.sha256
     - shasum -c polkadot.sha256
     - popd
-    - EXTRATAG="$(./artifacts/polkadot --version |
-        sed -n -r 's/^polkadot ([0-9.]+.*-[0-9a-f]{7,13})-.*$/\1/p')"
-    - EXTRATAG="${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}-${EXTRATAG}-$(cut -c 1-8 ./artifacts/polkadot.sha256)"
+    - EXTRATAG="${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"
     - echo "Polkadot version = ${VERSION} (EXTRATAG = ${EXTRATAG})"
     - echo -n ${VERSION} > ./artifacts/VERSION
     - echo -n ${EXTRATAG} > ./artifacts/EXTRATAG