diff --git a/utils/attendedsysupgrade-common/Makefile b/utils/attendedsysupgrade-common/Makefile
index 766e8b0b9d..5baa05d923 100644
--- a/utils/attendedsysupgrade-common/Makefile
+++ b/utils/attendedsysupgrade-common/Makefile
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=attendedsysupgrade-common
-PKG_VERSION:=$(COMMITCOUNT)
+PKG_VERSION:=8
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
diff --git a/utils/fakeuname/Makefile b/utils/fakeuname/Makefile
index 26419bc2bc..7d2b3fb030 100644
--- a/utils/fakeuname/Makefile
+++ b/utils/fakeuname/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=fakeuname
-PKG_RELEASE:=$(COMMITCOUNT)
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Sergey V. Lobanov <sergey@lobanov.in>