diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/piglit/run.sh b/.gitlab-ci/piglit/run.sh
index 5c21ef5ccbd..9fa607df648 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/piglit/run.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/piglit/run.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export __LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$INSTALL/lib/"
 
 # Sanity check to ensure that our environment is sufficient to make our tests
 # run against the Mesa built by CI, rather than any installed distro version.
-MESA_VERSION=$(cat "$INSTALL/VERSION" | sed 's/\./\\./g')
+MESA_VERSION=$(head -1 "$INSTALL/VERSION" | sed 's/\./\\./g')
 
 print_red() {
     RED='\033[0;31m'
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/piglit/run_cl.sh b/.gitlab-ci/piglit/run_cl.sh
index a1f01bb59e5..b32e1e63607 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/piglit/run_cl.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/piglit/run_cl.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 set -o xtrace
 
-VERSION=`cat install/VERSION`
+VERSION=`head -1 install/VERSION`
 
 if [ -d results ]; then
     cd results && rm -rf ..?* .[!.]* *
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/prepare-artifacts.sh b/.gitlab-ci/prepare-artifacts.sh
index 1067f24465b..26a58bfd97e 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/prepare-artifacts.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/prepare-artifacts.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fi
 
 # Test runs don't pull down the git tree, so put the dEQP helper
 # script and associated bits there.
-echo "$(cat VERSION) (git-$(git rev-parse HEAD | cut -b -10))" >> install/VERSION
+echo "$(cat VERSION) (git-$(git rev-parse HEAD | cut -b -10))" > install/VERSION
 cp -Rp .gitlab-ci/bare-metal install/
 cp -Rp .gitlab-ci/common install/
 cp -Rp .gitlab-ci/piglit install/