diff --git a/third_party/forked/godep/vcs.go b/third_party/forked/godep/vcs.go
index 4d69b1a29ee44..83034f2761737 100644
--- a/third_party/forked/godep/vcs.go
+++ b/third_party/forked/godep/vcs.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ var vcsGit = &VCS{
 	vcs: vcs.ByCmd("git"),
 
 	IdentifyCmd: "rev-parse HEAD",
-	DescribeCmd: "describe --tags",
+	DescribeCmd: "describe --tags --abbrev=14",
 	DiffCmd:     "diff {rev}",
 	ListCmd:     "ls-files --full-name",
 	RootCmd:     "rev-parse --show-cdup",