diff --git a/posthog/api/instance_status.py b/posthog/api/instance_status.py
index 88cb8e2bfcd53..7e800dacfee8c 100644
--- a/posthog/api/instance_status.py
+++ b/posthog/api/instance_status.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 from posthog.async_migrations.status import async_migrations_ok
 from posthog.cloud_utils import is_cloud
-from posthog.git import get_git_commit
+from posthog.git import get_git_commit_short
 from posthog.permissions import SingleTenancyOrAdmin
 from posthog.storage import object_storage
 from posthog.utils import (
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ def list(self, request: Request) -> Response:
 
         metrics: List[Dict[str, Union[str, bool, int, float, Dict[str, Any]]]] = []
 
-        metrics.append({"key": "posthog_git_sha", "metric": "PostHog Git SHA", "value": get_git_commit() or "unknown"})
+        metrics.append(
+            {"key": "posthog_git_sha", "metric": "PostHog Git SHA", "value": get_git_commit_short() or "unknown"}
+        )
 
         helm_info = get_helm_info_env()
         if len(helm_info) > 0:
diff --git a/posthog/apps.py b/posthog/apps.py
index 710ee74bf67e8..cd5a06f91fdca 100644
--- a/posthog/apps.py
+++ b/posthog/apps.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 from django.apps import AppConfig
 from django.conf import settings
 from posthoganalytics.client import Client
-from posthog.git import get_git_branch, get_git_commit
+from posthog.git import get_git_branch, get_git_commit_short
 
 from posthog.settings import SELF_CAPTURE, SKIP_ASYNC_MIGRATIONS_SETUP
 from posthog.tasks.tasks import sync_all_organization_available_features
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def ready(self):
                 phcloud_client.capture(
                     get_machine_id(),
                     "development server launched",
-                    {"git_rev": get_git_commit(), "git_branch": get_git_branch()},
+                    {"git_rev": get_git_commit_short(), "git_branch": get_git_branch()},
                 )
 
             local_api_key = get_self_capture_api_token(None)
diff --git a/posthog/git.py b/posthog/git.py
index 501b648ca3e9c..57f0c9b273e66 100644
--- a/posthog/git.py
+++ b/posthog/git.py
@@ -11,13 +11,26 @@
     pass
 
 
-def get_git_commit() -> Optional[str]:
-    """Return the short hash of the last commit.
+def get_git_commit_full() -> Optional[str]:
+    """Return the full hash of the last commit.
 
-    Example: get_git_commit() => "4ff54c8d"
+    Example: get_git_commit_full() => "86a3c3b529d18a1d7400f0f4203bf6b508ba3b8e"
     """
     if _git_commit_baked_in:
         return _git_commit_baked_in
+    try:
+        return subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"]).decode("utf-8").strip()
+    except Exception:
+        return None
+
+
+def get_git_commit_short() -> Optional[str]:
+    """Return the short hash of the last commit.
+
+    Example: get_git_commit_short() => "86a3c3b529"
+    """
+    if _git_commit_baked_in:
+        return _git_commit_baked_in[:10]  # 10 characters is almost guaranteed to identify a commit uniquely
     try:
         return subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "--short", "HEAD"]).decode("utf-8").strip()
     except Exception:
diff --git a/posthog/settings/sentry.py b/posthog/settings/sentry.py
index bc60e13646706..545d4ed94db2e 100644
--- a/posthog/settings/sentry.py
+++ b/posthog/settings/sentry.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import DjangoIntegration
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.logging import LoggingIntegration
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.redis import RedisIntegration
-from posthog.git import get_git_commit
+from posthog.git import get_git_commit_full
 
 from posthog.settings import get_from_env
 from posthog.settings.base_variables import TEST
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def sentry_init() -> None:
         sentry_logging = LoggingIntegration(level=sentry_logging_level, event_level=None)
         profiles_sample_rate = get_from_env("SENTRY_PROFILES_SAMPLE_RATE", type_cast=float, default=0.0)
 
-        release = get_git_commit()
+        release = get_git_commit_full()
 
         sentry_sdk.init(
             send_default_pii=send_pii,
diff --git a/posthog/utils.py b/posthog/utils.py
index 097d5c12beccf..3d2d0a5288bad 100644
--- a/posthog/utils.py
+++ b/posthog/utils.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 from posthog.cloud_utils import get_cached_instance_license, is_cloud
 from posthog.constants import AvailableFeature
 from posthog.exceptions import RequestParsingError
-from posthog.git import get_git_branch, get_git_commit
+from posthog.git import get_git_branch, get_git_commit_short
 from posthog.metrics import KLUDGES_COUNTER
 from posthog.redis import get_client
 
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ def render_template(
     if sentry_environment := os.environ.get("SENTRY_ENVIRONMENT"):
         context["sentry_environment"] = sentry_environment
 
-    context["git_rev"] = get_git_commit()  # Include commit in prod for the `console.info()` message
+    context["git_rev"] = get_git_commit_short()  # Include commit in prod for the `console.info()` message
     if settings.DEBUG and not settings.TEST:
         context["debug"] = True
         context["git_branch"] = get_git_branch()
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ def render_template(
             "preflight": json.loads(preflight_check(request).getvalue()),
             "default_event_name": "$pageview",
             "switched_team": getattr(request, "switched_team", None),
-            "commit_sha": get_git_commit(),
+            "commit_sha": context["git_rev"],
             **posthog_app_context,
         }