diff --git a/src/dotnet/Program.cs b/src/dotnet/Program.cs
index 0f4e67d45..1bb50e714 100644
--- a/src/dotnet/Program.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet/Program.cs
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli
         private static string GetCommitSha()
         {
             // The CLI ships with a .version file that stores the commit information
-            var versionFile = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "..", ".version"));
+            var versionFile = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, ".version"));
             
             if (File.Exists(versionFile))
             {