diff --git a/src/Cake.Common.Tests/Unit/Tools/GitVersion/GitVersionRunnerTests.cs b/src/Cake.Common.Tests/Unit/Tools/GitVersion/GitVersionRunnerTests.cs
index bc31ab6428..a2e9f7acb0 100644
--- a/src/Cake.Common.Tests/Unit/Tools/GitVersion/GitVersionRunnerTests.cs
+++ b/src/Cake.Common.Tests/Unit/Tools/GitVersion/GitVersionRunnerTests.cs
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ public void Should_Tolerate_Bad_Json_Set()
                         InformationalVersion = "0.1.1+Branch.master.Sha.f2467748c78b3c8b37972ad0b30df2e15dfbf2cb",
                         BranchName = "master",
                         Sha = "f2467748c78b3c8b37972ad0b30df2e15dfbf2cb",
+                        ShortSha = "f2467748",
                         NuGetVersionV2 = "0.1.1",
                         NuGetVersion = "0.1.1",
                         CommitsSinceVersionSource = null,
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ public void Should_Tolerate_Bad_Json_Set()
                         "  \"InformationalVersion\":\"0.1.1+Branch.master.Sha.f2467748c78b3c8b37972ad0b30df2e15dfbf2cb\",",
                         "  \"BranchName\":\"master\",",
                         "  \"Sha\":\"f2467748c78b3c8b37972ad0b30df2e15dfbf2cb\",",
+                        "  \"ShortSha\":\"f2467748\",",
                         "  \"NuGetVersionV2\":\"0.1.1\",",
                         "  \"NuGetVersion\":\"0.1.1\",",
                         "  \"CommitsSinceVersionSource\":\"\",",
@@ -348,6 +350,7 @@ public void Should_Tolerate_Bad_Json_Set()
                 Assert.Equal(expect.InformationalVersion, result.InformationalVersion);
                 Assert.Equal(expect.BranchName, result.BranchName);
                 Assert.Equal(expect.Sha, result.Sha);
+                Assert.Equal(expect.ShortSha, result.ShortSha);
                 Assert.Equal(expect.NuGetVersionV2, result.NuGetVersionV2);
                 Assert.Equal(expect.NuGetVersion, result.NuGetVersion);
                 Assert.Equal(expect.CommitsSinceVersionSource, result.CommitsSinceVersionSource);
diff --git a/src/Cake.Common/Tools/GitVersion/GitVersion.cs b/src/Cake.Common/Tools/GitVersion/GitVersion.cs
index 9050d5a30e..0361694e63 100644
--- a/src/Cake.Common/Tools/GitVersion/GitVersion.cs
+++ b/src/Cake.Common/Tools/GitVersion/GitVersion.cs
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ public sealed class GitVersion
         /// </summary>
         public string Sha { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the shortened Git SHA.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string ShortSha { get; set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the NuGet version for v2.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/Cake.Common/Tools/GitVersion/GitVersionInternal.cs b/src/Cake.Common/Tools/GitVersion/GitVersionInternal.cs
index 1334e0dfcd..3bf9dc300c 100644
--- a/src/Cake.Common/Tools/GitVersion/GitVersionInternal.cs
+++ b/src/Cake.Common/Tools/GitVersion/GitVersionInternal.cs
@@ -154,6 +154,13 @@ public string Sha
             set => GitVersion.Sha = value;
         }
 
+        [DataMember]
+        public string ShortSha
+        {
+            get => GitVersion.ShortSha;
+            set => GitVersion.ShortSha = value;
+        }
+
         [DataMember]
         public string NuGetVersionV2
         {