diff --git a/scripts/deploy_to_s3_bucket.sh b/scripts/deploy_to_s3_bucket.sh
index 338a6df59..3d3170fb0 100644
--- a/scripts/deploy_to_s3_bucket.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy_to_s3_bucket.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@
 function deploy_app {
   BUNDLE_FOLDER="build"
 
-  PACKAGE_VERSION=$(cat package.json \
-  | grep version \
-  | head -1 \
-  | awk -F: '{ print $2 }' \
-  | sed 's/[",]//g')
+  PACKAGE_VERSION=$(sed -nr 's/^\s*\"version": "([0-9]{1,}\.[0-9]{1,}.*)",$/\1/p' package.json)
   
   if [ -n "$APPEND_TAG" ]
   then
diff --git a/scripts/prepare_production_deployment.sh b/scripts/prepare_production_deployment.sh
index 2930241a5..b41651476 100755
--- a/scripts/prepare_production_deployment.sh
+++ b/scripts/prepare_production_deployment.sh
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ set -ev
 if [ -n "$PROD_DEPLOYMENT_HOOK_TOKEN" ] && [ -n "$PROD_DEPLOYMENT_HOOK_URL" ]
 then
   APP_NAME="$(basename $(pwd))"
+  PACKAGE_VERSION=$(sed -nr 's/^\s*\"version": "([0-9]{1,}\.[0-9]{1,}.*)",$/\1/p' package.json)
   curl --silent --output /dev/null --write-out "%{http_code}" -X POST \
      -F token="$PROD_DEPLOYMENT_HOOK_TOKEN" \
      -F ref=master \
      -F "variables[TRIGGER_RELEASE_APP_NAME]=$APP_NAME" \
+     -F "variables[TRIGGER_RELEASE_COMMIT_TAG]=$PACKAGE_VERSION" \
       $PROD_DEPLOYMENT_HOOK_URL
 else
   echo "[ERROR] Production deployment could not be prepared"