diff --git a/android/build.sh b/android/build.sh
index 6b7f19aee..15d12d8fc 100644
--- a/android/build.sh
+++ b/android/build.sh
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ checkOK() {
 # Configs
 BUILDDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 APPDIR="$BUILDDIR/package"
-VERSION=`git describe --tags --abbrev=0 | cut -c 2-`
+VERSION=`cut -d '"' -f2 $BUILDDIR/../version.js`
 
 # Move to the build directory
 cd $BUILDDIR
diff --git a/chrome/build.sh b/chrome/build.sh
index c00dbe0cb..f56db58d0 100644
--- a/chrome/build.sh
+++ b/chrome/build.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ checkOK() {
 BUILDDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 APPDIR="$BUILDDIR/copay-chrome-extension"
 ZIPFILE="copay-chrome-extension.zip"
-VERSION=`git describe --tags --abbrev=0 | cut -c 2-`
+VERSION=`cut -d '"' -f2 $BUILDDIR/../version.js`
 
 # Move to the build directory
 cd $BUILDDIR
diff --git a/firefox/build.sh b/firefox/build.sh
index c09a56c9d..933722421 100644
--- a/firefox/build.sh
+++ b/firefox/build.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ checkOK() {
 BUILDDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 APPDIR="$BUILDDIR/firefox-addon"
 ZIPFILE="copay-firefox-addon.zip"
-VERSION=`git describe --tags --abbrev=0 | cut -c 2-`
+VERSION=`cut -d '"' -f2 $BUILDDIR/../version.js`
 
 # Move to the build directory
 cd $BUILDDIR