diff --git a/.github/workflows/canary-release.yml b/.github/workflows/canary-release.yml
index 532aa6e6bb..a5ed9b0b63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/canary-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/canary-release.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ jobs:
         node-version: [12.x]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # Needed to get the commit number with "git rev-list --count HEAD"
       - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
         with:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b6f54671ca..3bef72f2d3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "crowdin:upload:v2": "crowdin upload sources --config ./crowdin-v2.yaml",
     "crowdin:download:v2": "crowdin download --config ./crowdin-v2.yaml",
     "canary": "yarn canary:bumpVersion && yarn canary:publish",
-    "canary:version": "echo `node -e \"console.log(require('./packages/docusaurus/package.json').version)\"`.`git rev-list --count HEAD`.`git rev-parse --short HEAD`",
+    "canary:version": "echo 0.0.0-`git rev-list --count HEAD`+`git rev-parse --short HEAD`",
     "canary:bumpVersion": "yarn lerna version `yarn --silent canary:version` --exact --no-push --yes",
     "canary:publish": "yarn lerna publish from-package --dist-tag canary --yes --no-verify-access",
     "changelog": "lerna-changelog",