diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 3e96af9f..39601201 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ if [ -f "$OMR_TARGET_CONFIG" ]; then
 	CONFIG_VERSIONOPT=y
 	CONFIG_VERSION_DIST="$OMR_DIST"
 	CONFIG_VERSION_REPO="$OMR_REPO"
-	CONFIG_VERSION_NUMBER="$(git -C "$OMR_FEED" describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+	CONFIG_VERSION_NUMBER="$(git -C "$OMR_FEED" tag --sort=committerdate | tail -1)-$(git -C "$OMR_FEED" rev-parse --short HEAD)"
 	EOF
 else
 	cat config -> "$OMR_TARGET/source/.config" <<-EOF
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ else
 	CONFIG_VERSIONOPT=y
 	CONFIG_VERSION_DIST="$OMR_DIST"
 	CONFIG_VERSION_REPO="$OMR_REPO"
-	CONFIG_VERSION_NUMBER="$(git -C "$OMR_FEED" describe --tags `git rev-list --tags --max-count=1`)-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+	CONFIG_VERSION_NUMBER="$(git -C "$OMR_FEED" tag --sort=committerdate | tail -1)-$(git -C "$OMR_FEED" rev-parse --short HEAD)"
 	EOF
 fi
 if [ "$OMR_ALL_PACKAGES" = "yes" ]; then