diff --git a/doc/manual/update_mkdocs_yml.sh b/doc/manual/update_mkdocs_yml.sh
index 2a93b3d05..c368d5eb2 100755
--- a/doc/manual/update_mkdocs_yml.sh
+++ b/doc/manual/update_mkdocs_yml.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
 # get commit and tag
-tag=`git tag --points-at`
+tag=`git tag --points-at HEAD`
 commit=`git rev-parse --short HEAD`
 
 # use tag if available
diff --git a/tool/package.sh b/tool/package.sh
index d4f03ad11..1bc7ff6b9 100755
--- a/tool/package.sh
+++ b/tool/package.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ TOOL_DIR=`dirname "$0"`
 BTSTACK_ROOT=`realpath ${TOOL_DIR}/..`
 
 # get tag from git
-tag=`git tag --points-at`
+tag=`git tag --points-at HEAD`
 
 # get git version
 commit=`git rev-parse --short HEAD`