diff --git a/contrib/osx/make_osx b/contrib/osx/make_osx
index a17bbd91f..34364cc16 100755
--- a/contrib/osx/make_osx
+++ b/contrib/osx/make_osx
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ ROOT_FOLDER="$CONTRIB/.."
 src_dir=$(dirname "$0")
 cd $src_dir/../..
 
-VERSION=`git describe --tags --dirty --always`
 
 which brew > /dev/null 2>&1 || fail "Please install brew from https://brew.sh/ to continue"
 which xcodebuild > /dev/null 2>&1 || fail "Please install Xcode and xcode command line tools to continue"
@@ -156,6 +155,8 @@ for d in ~/Library/Python/ ~/.pyenv .; do
   popd
 done
 
+VERSION=`git describe --tags --dirty --always`
+
 info "Building binary"
 APP_SIGN="$CODESIGN_CERT" pyinstaller --noconfirm --ascii --clean --name $VERSION contrib/osx/osx.spec || fail "Could not build binary"