diff --git a/task/git-clone-oci-ta/0.1/git-clone-oci-ta.yaml b/task/git-clone-oci-ta/0.1/git-clone-oci-ta.yaml
index 9809cf11dd..50e2c8daf1 100644
--- a/task/git-clone-oci-ta/0.1/git-clone-oci-ta.yaml
+++ b/task/git-clone-oci-ta/0.1/git-clone-oci-ta.yaml
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ spec:
           value: $(params.submodules)
         - name: PARAM_DEPTH
           value: $(params.depth)
+        - name: PARAM_SHORT_COMMIT_LENGTH
+          value: $(params.shortCommitLength)
         - name: PARAM_SSL_VERIFY
           value: $(params.sslVerify)
         - name: PARAM_HTTP_PROXY
@@ -238,7 +240,7 @@ spec:
           -sparseCheckoutDirectories="${PARAM_SPARSE_CHECKOUT_DIRECTORIES}"
         cd "${CHECKOUT_DIR}"
         RESULT_SHA="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
-        RESULT_SHA_SHORT="$(git rev-parse --short=$(params.shortCommitLength) HEAD)"
+        RESULT_SHA_SHORT="$(git rev-parse --short="${PARAM_SHORT_COMMIT_LENGTH}" HEAD)"
         EXIT_CODE="$?"
         if [ "${EXIT_CODE}" != 0 ]; then
           exit "${EXIT_CODE}"
diff --git a/task/git-clone/0.1/git-clone.yaml b/task/git-clone/0.1/git-clone.yaml
index b7bbbe0b28..85e874f336 100644
--- a/task/git-clone/0.1/git-clone.yaml
+++ b/task/git-clone/0.1/git-clone.yaml
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ spec:
       value: $(params.submodules)
     - name: PARAM_DEPTH
       value: $(params.depth)
+    - name: PARAM_SHORT_COMMIT_LENGTH
+      value: $(params.shortCommitLength)
     - name: PARAM_SSL_VERIFY
       value: $(params.sslVerify)
     - name: PARAM_SUBDIRECTORY
@@ -237,7 +239,7 @@ spec:
         -sparseCheckoutDirectories="${PARAM_SPARSE_CHECKOUT_DIRECTORIES}"
       cd "${CHECKOUT_DIR}"
       RESULT_SHA="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
-      RESULT_SHA_SHORT="$(git rev-parse --short=$(params.shortCommitLength) HEAD)"
+      RESULT_SHA_SHORT="$(git rev-parse --short="${PARAM_SHORT_COMMIT_LENGTH}" HEAD)"
       EXIT_CODE="$?"
       if [ "${EXIT_CODE}" != 0 ] ; then
         exit "${EXIT_CODE}"