diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index ede776d5..a4469209 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 LC_ALL=C
 export LC_ALL
 
-git describe --exact-match --tags $(git log -n1 --pretty='%h') 2>/dev/null || git log -n1 --pretty='%h' | sed 's/^v//g' | xargs printf '%s'
+( git describe --exact-match --tags $(git log -n1 --pretty='%h') 2>/dev/null || git log -n1 --pretty='%h' ) | sed 's/^v//g' | xargs printf '%s'