diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 96af21d05d..16fd802e69 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Git describe for shallow checkout
+        id: ghd
+        uses: proudust/gh-describe@v1
+      - name: Update GA environment
+        run: echo "OPENRCT2_DESCRIBE=${{ steps.ghd.outputs.describe }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Install MSVC problem matcher
         uses: ammaraskar/msvc-problem-matcher@master
       - name: Build OpenRCT2
diff --git a/scripts/build b/scripts/build
index fed96357ad..c18f4a2d97 100755
--- a/scripts/build
+++ b/scripts/build
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "cygwin" || "$OSTYPE" == "msys" ]]; then
         fileversion=$OPENRCT2_VERSION.$OPENRCT2_BUILD
         productversion="$fileversion-${OPENRCT2_SHA1_SHORT}"
         fileversion=${fileversion//./,}
+        # FILEVERSION in the resource file can only take up to 4 digits in the version string, so we remove the surplus of version numbers
+        fileversion=$(echo $fileversion | cut -f1-4 -d",")
         echo "#define OPENRCT2_FILE_VERSION $fileversion" > "resources/version.h"
         echo "#define OPENRCT2_PRODUCT_VERSION \"$productversion\"" >> "resources/version.h"
         cat "resources/version.h"
diff --git a/scripts/setenv b/scripts/setenv
index bb47c00a9f..ec4742f2dd 100755
--- a/scripts/setenv
+++ b/scripts/setenv
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ fi
 echo -e "\033[0;36mSetting up environment for OpenRCT2...\033[0m"
 
 # Get the build number (number of commits since last tag)
-export OPENRCT2_DESCRIBE=$(git describe HEAD)
 get_build_number()
 {
     local pattern='.+-([0-9]+)-.+'