diff --git a/cli/build.rs b/cli/build.rs
index 1480bb5c7b67f..6be93777eb5e5 100644
--- a/cli/build.rs
+++ b/cli/build.rs
@@ -356,9 +356,15 @@ fn create_cli_snapshot(snapshot_path: PathBuf) -> CreateSnapshotOutput {
   use deno_runtime::permissions::PermissionsContainer;
   use std::sync::Arc;
 
+  // NOTE(bartlomieju): keep in sync with `cli/version.rs`.
+  // Ideally we could deduplicate that code.
   fn deno_version() -> String {
     if env::var("DENO_CANARY").is_ok() {
-      format!("{}+{}", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"), git_commit_hash())
+      format!(
+        "{}+{}",
+        env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"),
+        git_commit_hash()[..7].to_string()
+      )
     } else {
       env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string()
     }