diff --git a/bin/node/cli/tests/version.rs b/bin/node/cli/tests/version.rs
index c5240257f16de..bbc9139d4f0f8 100644
--- a/bin/node/cli/tests/version.rs
+++ b/bin/node/cli/tests/version.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use regex::Regex;
 use std::process::Command;
 
 fn expected_regex() -> Regex {
-	Regex::new(r"^substrate (\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?:-.+?)?)-([a-f\d]+|unknown-commit)-(.+?)-(.+?)(?:-(.+))?$").unwrap()
+	Regex::new(r"^substrate (\d+\.\d+\.\d+(?:-.+?)?)-([a-f\d]+|unknown)-(.+?)-(.+?)(?:-(.+))?$").unwrap()
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/utils/build-script-utils/src/version.rs b/utils/build-script-utils/src/version.rs
index eefd3315921a6..103fd5b1d24ac 100644
--- a/utils/build-script-utils/src/version.rs
+++ b/utils/build-script-utils/src/version.rs
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ pub fn generate_cargo_keys() {
 		}
 		Ok(o) => {
 			println!("cargo:warning=Git command failed with status: {}", o.status);
-			Cow::from("unknown-commit")
+			Cow::from("unknown")
 		},
 		Err(err) => {
 			println!("cargo:warning=Failed to execute git command: {}", err);
-			Cow::from("unknown-commit")
+			Cow::from("unknown")
 		},
 	};