diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b867e2b7..cc32f148 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ metadata_v0:
   script:
     - git fetch https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroidserver.git $RELEASE_COMMIT_ID
     - cd tests
-    - export GITCOMMIT=`git describe`
+    - export GITCOMMIT=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
     - git checkout $RELEASE_COMMIT_ID
     - cd ..
     - git clone --depth 1 https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata.git
diff --git a/tests/dump_internal_metadata_format.py b/tests/dump_internal_metadata_format.py
index 5dade52b..24b7e911 100755
--- a/tests/dump_internal_metadata_format.py
+++ b/tests/dump_internal_metadata_format.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ if not os.path.isdir('metadata'):
     sys.exit(1)
 
 repo = git.Repo(localmodule)
-savedir = os.path.join('metadata', 'dump_' + repo.git.describe())
+savedir = os.path.join('metadata', 'dump_' + repo.git.rev_parse('HEAD'))
 if not os.path.isdir(savedir):
     os.mkdir(savedir)