diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 403364c5acc6fd1d30abcc31cfc634ffb2cb6101..51ff41a374fa09c7de012c03d466778548bb8ff3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ build require:
     - tar -zxvf epics.tar.gz
     - export BASE_PATH=$(ls -d $(pwd)/epics/base-*)
     - echo "EPICS_BASE:=${BASE_PATH}" >> configure/RELEASE.local
-    - echo "E3_REQUIRE_VERSION:=HEAD-version" >> configure/CONFIG_MODULE.local
+    - echo "E3_REQUIRE_VERSION:=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> configure/CONFIG_MODULE.local
     - chmod +w "${BASE_PATH}"/configure/CONFIG_SITE
     - echo 'INSTALL_LOCATION:=$(TOP)' >> "${BASE_PATH}"/configure/CONFIG_SITE
     - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}:${BASE_PATH}/lib/linux-x86_64"