diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/docker-cli/docker-cli-20.10.11.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/docker-cli/docker-cli-20.10.11.ebuild
index 4df787df34..60d8bd8301 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/docker-cli/docker-cli-20.10.11.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/app-emulation/docker-cli/docker-cli-20.10.11.ebuild
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ src_compile() {
 	export CGO_LDFLAGS="${CGO_LDFLAGS} -L${SYSROOT}/usr/$(get_libdir)"
 		emake \
 		LDFLAGS="$(usex hardened '-extldflags -fno-PIC' '')" \
-		VERSION="$(cat VERSION)" \
+		VERSION="${PV}" \
 		GITCOMMIT="${GIT_COMMIT}" \
 		dynbinary