diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 92114608..3ded1a41 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ after_test:
   - cd %APPVEYOR_BUILD_FOLDER%
   - C:\Python27\Scripts\sphinx-build -b html docs build\docs\html
   - ps: |
-      $env:GIT_DESCRIBE = ((git describe --tags --long) | Out-String) -replace "`n|`r", ""
+      $env:GIT_DESCRIBE = ((git describe --tags --long --abbrev=7) | Out-String) -replace "`n|`r", ""
       if ($env:PLATFORM -eq 'Win32') {
         $env:PATH = "$env:PATH;C:\cygwin\bin\"
         node scripts\potomo.js
diff --git a/scripts/archive.js b/scripts/archive.js
index 3d2efd0f..4b97d535 100644
--- a/scripts/archive.js
+++ b/scripts/archive.js
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ function getGitDescription() {
     'describe',
     '--tags',
     '--long',
+    '--abbrev=7',
   ])).slice(0, -1);
   let branch = String(helpers.safeExecFileSync('git', [
     'rev-parse',