diff --git a/etherlink/kernel_evm/kernel/build.rs b/etherlink/kernel_evm/kernel/build.rs
index 59360655dfd95217596d445e3488f4093ad4408e..110c524ff182256f7a53cdf2bb4a27c9c9ccf8ba 100644
--- a/etherlink/kernel_evm/kernel/build.rs
+++ b/etherlink/kernel_evm/kernel/build.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ use std::process::Command;
 
 fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src/*");
-    let git_hash = match Command::new("git").args(["rev-parse", "HEAD"]).output() {
-        Ok(output) => String::from_utf8(output.stdout).unwrap(),
-        Err(_) => env!("CI_COMMIT_SHA").to_string(),
+    let git_hash = match (
+        option_env!("CI_COMMIT_SHA"),
+        Command::new("git").args(["rev-parse", "HEAD"]).output(),
+    ) {
+        (Some(commit), _) => commit.to_string(),
+        (_, Ok(output)) => String::from_utf8(output.stdout).unwrap(),
+        (None, Err(_)) => "unknown version".to_string(),
     };
     println!("cargo:rustc-env=GIT_HASH={}", git_hash)
 }
diff --git a/etherlink/scripts/docker-compose/evm_kernel_builder.Dockerfile b/etherlink/scripts/docker-compose/evm_kernel_builder.Dockerfile
index f45582caef66d390a0edcab38d0011c90e8ae791..6b52ad8485ca90052c3e2f102b4ccd28af8f1e27 100644
--- a/etherlink/scripts/docker-compose/evm_kernel_builder.Dockerfile
+++ b/etherlink/scripts/docker-compose/evm_kernel_builder.Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ COPY kernels.mk etherlink.mk /build/
 COPY src/kernel_sdk /build/src/kernel_sdk
 COPY etherlink /build/etherlink
 RUN make -f etherlink.mk build-deps
-RUN make -f etherlink.mk EVM_CONFIG=${EVM_CONFIG} evm_installer.wasm
+RUN make -f etherlink.mk EVM_CONFIG=${EVM_CONFIG} CI_COMMIT_SHA=${CI_COMMIT_SHA} evm_installer.wasm
 
 FROM ${BASE_IMAGE}
 COPY --from=kernel_build /build/*.wasm /kernel/