diff --git a/lib/discourse.rb b/lib/discourse.rb
index 2b53a91eb3..eec55647d5 100644
--- a/lib/discourse.rb
+++ b/lib/discourse.rb
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ module Discourse
     $full_version ||=
       begin
         git_cmd = 'git describe --dirty --match "v[0-9]*"'
-        self.try_git(git_cmd, 'unknown')
+        self.try_git(git_cmd, Discourse::VERSION::STRING)
       end
   end