diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 569eb58..9e683b8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -703,12 +703,6 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "acbf1af155f9b9ef647e42cdc158db4b64a1b61f743629225fde6f3e0be2a7c7"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "const_fn"
-version = "0.4.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fbdcdcb6d86f71c5e97409ad45898af11cbc995b4ee8112d59095a28d376c935"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "const_format"
 version = "0.2.30"
@@ -1265,19 +1259,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "weezl",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "git2"
-version = "0.17.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7b989d6a7ca95a362cf2cfc5ad688b3a467be1f87e480b8dad07fee8c79b0044"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "libc",
- "libgit2-sys",
- "log",
- "url",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.3.18"
@@ -1668,18 +1649,6 @@ version = "0.2.144"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2b00cc1c228a6782d0f076e7b232802e0c5689d41bb5df366f2a6b6621cfdfe1"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "libgit2-sys"
-version = "0.15.2+1.6.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a80df2e11fb4a61f4ba2ab42dbe7f74468da143f1a75c74e11dee7c813f694fa"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "libz-sys",
- "pkg-config",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libsqlite3-sys"
 version = "0.22.2"
@@ -1700,18 +1669,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "libz-sys"
-version = "1.1.12"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d97137b25e321a73eef1418d1d5d2eda4d77e12813f8e6dead84bc52c5870a7b"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
- "libc",
- "pkg-config",
- "vcpkg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "link-cplusplus"
 version = "1.0.8"
@@ -2785,10 +2742,8 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "970538704756fd0bb4ec8cb89f80674afb661e7c0fe716f9ba5be57717742300"
 dependencies = [
  "const_format",
- "git2",
  "is_debug",
  "time 0.3.20",
- "tzdb",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3216,25 +3171,6 @@ version = "1.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "497961ef93d974e23eb6f433eb5fe1b7930b659f06d12dec6fc44a8f554c0bba"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "tz-rs"
-version = "0.6.14"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "33851b15c848fad2cf4b105c6bb66eb9512b6f6c44a4b13f57c53c73c707e2b4"
-dependencies = [
- "const_fn",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "tzdb"
-version = "0.5.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ec758958f2fb5069cd7fae385be95cc8eceb8cdfd270c7d14de6034f0108d99e"
-dependencies = [
- "iana-time-zone",
- "tz-rs",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "unicase"
 version = "2.6.0"
diff --git a/Earthfile b/Earthfile
index 5c6c55e..0d45942 100644
--- a/Earthfile
+++ b/Earthfile
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ docker:
 
 upend-bin:
   FROM +base-rust
-  RUN cargo build --release
+  COPY +git-version/version.txt .
+  RUN UPEND_VERSION=$(cat version.txt) cargo build --release
   SAVE ARTIFACT target/release/upend upend
 
 webui:
@@ -112,6 +113,12 @@ deploy-appimage-nightly:
       chmod 600 $HOME/.ssh/*
   RUN scp -v *.AppImage *.asc mainsite:releases/nightly
 
+git-version:
+  LOCALLY
+  RUN ./build/get_version.sh | tee /tmp/upend_version.txt
+  SAVE ARTIFACT /tmp/upend_version.txt version.txt
+  RUN rm /tmp/upend_version.txt
+
 base-rust:
   FROM rust:bookworm
   RUN rustup component add clippy
diff --git a/build/get_version.sh b/build/get_version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..3ec55cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/get_version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+git_tag=$(git describe --tags --exact-match HEAD 2>/dev/null)
+
+if [ -z "$git_tag" ]; then
+  echo "dev_$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+else
+  echo "$git_tag" | sed -e 's/^v//g'
+fi
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index b9390ac..deac289 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ bytes = "1.4.0"
 signal-hook = "0.3.15"
 
 [build-dependencies]
-shadow-rs = { version = "0.23" }
+shadow-rs = { version = "0.23", default-features = false }
 
 [features]
 default = [
diff --git a/cli/build.rs b/cli/build.rs
index c417128..4a0dfc4 100644
--- a/cli/build.rs
+++ b/cli/build.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 fn main() -> shadow_rs::SdResult<()> {
-    println!("cargo:rustc-env=GIT_TAG={}", shadow_rs::tag());
     shadow_rs::new()
 }
diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 96026cc..6b70377 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -179,13 +179,7 @@ struct ServeArgs {
 
 #[actix_web::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
-    let upend_version = if env!("GIT_TAG").is_empty() {
-        format!("dev-{}", common::build::SHORT_COMMIT)
-    } else {
-        env!("GIT_TAG")[1..].to_string() // Remove the leading 'v'
-    };
-
-    let command = Cli::command().version(upend_version);
+    let command = Cli::command().version(option_env!("UPEND_VERSION").unwrap_or("unknown"));
     let args = Cli::from_arg_matches(&command.get_matches())?;
 
     tracing_subscriber::fmt()