diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 806988b..652a17d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ clean:
 	rm -f templates/boot/grub/sipwise_latest.cfg templates/boot/grub/sipwise_lts.cfg \
 	  templates/boot/isolinux/sipwise_latest.cfg templates/boot/isolinux/sipwise_lts.cfg
 	rm -f templates/boot/isolinux/syslinux.cfg
+	sed -i 's/^SCRIPT_VERSION=.*/SCRIPT_VERSION="%SCRIPT_VERSION%"/' ./templates-ce/scripts/includes/deployment.sh
 
 dist-clean: clean
 	rm -rf artifacts
diff --git a/templates-ce/scripts/includes/deployment.sh b/templates-ce/scripts/includes/deployment.sh
index 69822e2..2b8bc03 100755
--- a/templates-ce/scripts/includes/deployment.sh
+++ b/templates-ce/scripts/includes/deployment.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ exec  > >(tee -a $INSTALL_LOG    )
 exec 2> >(tee -a $INSTALL_LOG >&2)
 
 # set version to git commit ID
-SCRIPT_VERSION=45bf9f2
+SCRIPT_VERSION="%SCRIPT_VERSION%"
 
 # not set? then fall back to timestamp of execution
 if [ -z "$SCRIPT_VERSION" ] || [ "$SCRIPT_VERSION" = '%SCRIPT_VERSION%' ] ; then