diff --git a/scripts/ci-release.sh b/scripts/ci-release.sh
index 9c99ca2..8f3efe6 100755
--- a/scripts/ci-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci-release.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ GIT_COMMIT="${GIT_COMMIT:-unknown}"
 BUILD_TIME="$(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ)"
 TARBALL="orca-${VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz"
 
-info "building release ${VERSION} (commit ${GIT_COMMIT:0:12})..."
+info "building release ${VERSION} (commit $(echo "${GIT_COMMIT}" | cut -c1-12))..."
 
 # Build the release binary with version injection.
 LDFLAGS="-s -w \