diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index da3c9473..31001897 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ jobs:
         # Check #697
         echo "Test #697"
         dn=$(mktemp -d)
+        ver=$(julia -e '(!isempty(VERSION.prerelease) && VERSION.prerelease[1] == "DEV") ? println(Base.GIT_VERSION_INFO.commit) : println(VERSION)')
         path=$(julia -e '(!isempty(VERSION.prerelease) && VERSION.prerelease[1] == "DEV") ? println(Base.GIT_VERSION_INFO.commit) : println("refs/tags/v",VERSION)')
         curl -s -L https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/archive/$path.tar.gz --output - | tar -xz -C $dn
         julia --project test/juliadir.jl "$dn/julia-$ver"