diff --git a/swarm/docker/Dockerfile b/swarm/docker/Dockerfile
index 003bbc0a1d..1ee4e97342 100644
--- a/swarm/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/swarm/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 FROM golang:1.11-alpine as builder
 
+ARG VERSION
+
 RUN apk add --update git gcc g++ linux-headers
 RUN mkdir -p $GOPATH/src/github.com/ethereum && \
     cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/ethereum && \
-    git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ethersphere/go-ethereum && \
+    git clone https://github.com/ethersphere/go-ethereum && \
     cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum && \
-    VERSION=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) go install -ldflags "-X main.gitCommit=${VERSION}" ./cmd/swarm && \
-    VERSION=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) go install -ldflags "-X main.gitCommit=${VERSION}" ./cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke && \
-    VERSION=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) go install -ldflags "-X main.gitCommit=${VERSION}" ./cmd/geth && \
+    git checkout ${VERSION} && \
+    go install -ldflags "-X main.gitCommit=${VERSION}" ./cmd/swarm && \
+    go install -ldflags "-X main.gitCommit=${VERSION}" ./cmd/swarm/swarm-smoke && \
+    go install -ldflags "-X main.gitCommit=${VERSION}" ./cmd/geth && \
     cp $GOPATH/bin/swarm /swarm && cp $GOPATH/bin/geth /geth && cp $GOPATH/bin/swarm-smoke /swarm-smoke