diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9ddfba7c1e64e6691a8a9ec5959ae6fba48a0096..a23783f2ceebdbbf470b5d3deb3f58643b9bc736 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -29,17 +29,17 @@ TARBALL_VERSION := $(shell cat $(CURDIR)/.tarball-version 2> /dev/null)
 ifeq ($(TARBALL_VERSION),)
 # YYYY-MM-DD
 LAST_COMMIT_DATE:=$(shell git log -1 --format=%cd --date=short)
-
-# number of commits that day
-NUMBER_OF_COMMITS:=$(shell git log --format=%cd --date=short | grep -c $(LAST_COMMIT_DATE))
+CURRENT_DATE:=$(shell date +"%Y-%m-%d")
+VERSION_NUMBER:=$(shell date +"%H%M")
 
 # YYMMDD
-LAST_COMMIT_DATE_SHORT:=$(shell echo $(LAST_COMMIT_DATE) | sed -s 's/-//g')
+CURRENT_DATE_SHORT:=$(shell echo $(CURRENT_DATE) | sed -s 's/-//g')
 
 # last commit id
 COMMIT_ID:=$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 
-RELEASE_VERSION:=$(LAST_COMMIT_DATE_SHORT).$(NUMBER_OF_COMMITS).$(COMMIT_ID)
+RELEASE_VERSION:=$(CURRENT_DATE_SHORT).$(VERSION_NUMBER).$(COMMIT_ID)
+
 else
 $(warning Using version from the .tarball-version file: $(TARBALL_VERSION))
 RELEASE_VERSION:=$(TARBALL_VERSION)