diff --git a/build/build_plugs.ts b/build/build_plugs.ts
index e72beaaa..e0660eef 100644
--- a/build/build_plugs.ts
+++ b/build/build_plugs.ts
@@ -42,41 +42,15 @@ export async function buildPlugsAndLibraries(options?: {

 export function updateVersionFile(): Promise<void> {
   return new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
-    const gitProcess = spawn("git", ["describe", "--tags", "--long"], {
-      stdio: ["ignore", "pipe", "pipe"],
-    });
-
-    let stdout = "";
-
-    gitProcess.stdout?.on("data", (data) => {
-      stdout += data.toString();
-    });
-
-    gitProcess.on("close", async (code) => {
-      let commitVersion = stdout.trim();
-
-      if (!commitVersion || code !== 0) {
-        // Probably no valid .git repo, fallback to GITHUB_SHA env var (used in CI)
-        commitVersion = `${version}-${process.env.GITHUB_SHA || "unknown"}`;
-      }
-
-      const versionFilePath = "./public_version.ts";
-      // Write version to file with date in YYYY-MM-DDTHH-MM-SSZ format attached to the version
-      const versionContent = `export const publicVersion = "${commitVersion}-${new Date()
-        .toISOString()
-        .split(".")[0]
-        .replaceAll(":", "-")
-        .concat("Z")}";`;
-
-      try {
-        await writeFile(versionFilePath, versionContent, "utf-8");
-        resolve();
-      } catch (err) {
-        reject(err);
-      }
-    });
-
-    gitProcess.on("error", reject);
+    const versionFilePath = "./public_version.ts";
+    const versionContent = `export const publicVersion = "@version@";`;
+
+    try {
+      writeFile(versionFilePath, versionContent, "utf-8");
+      resolve();
+    } catch (err) {
+      reject(err);
+    }
   });
 }