diff --git a/crates/sui-node/src/main.rs b/crates/sui-node/src/main.rs
index 4df0791db2587..98306ef3b27e9 100644
--- a/crates/sui-node/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/sui-node/src/main.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const GIT_REVISION: &str = {
         revision
     } else {
         let version = git_version::git_version!(
-            args = ["--always", "--dirty", "--exclude", "*"],
+            args = ["--always", "--abbrev=12", "--dirty", "--exclude", "*"],
             fallback = ""
         );