diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9746a42..dc19f80 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # extract name from package.json
 PACKAGE_NAME := $(shell awk '/"name":/ {gsub(/[",]/, "", $$2); print $$2}' package.json)
-VERSION := $(shell git describe 2>/dev/null || echo 1)
+VERSION := $(shell T=$$(git describe 2>/dev/null) || T=1; echo $$T | tr '-' '.')
 ifeq ($(TEST_OS),)
 TEST_OS = centos-7
 endif