diff --git a/src/command/start.ts b/src/command/start.ts
index a94a769..d42fac2 100644
--- a/src/command/start.ts
+++ b/src/command/start.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
 import { waitForBlockchain, waitForQueen, waitForWorkers } from '../utils/wait'
 import ora from 'ora'
 import { VerbosityLevel } from './root-command/logging'
-import { findBeeVersion } from '../utils/config-sources'
+import { findBeeVersion, stripCommit } from '../utils/config-sources'
 
 const DEFAULT_REPO = 'ethersphere'
 
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ export class Start extends RootCommand implements LeafCommand {
       this.console.log(`Spinning up cluster with Bee version ${this.beeVersion}.`)
     }
 
+    this.beeVersion = stripCommit(this.beeVersion)
+
     const dockerOptions = await this.buildDockerOptions()
     const docker = new Docker(this.console, this.envPrefix, this.imagePrefix, this.repo)
     const status = await docker.getAllStatus()
diff --git a/src/utils/config-sources.ts b/src/utils/config-sources.ts
index d1dfefb..68a12d5 100644
--- a/src/utils/config-sources.ts
+++ b/src/utils/config-sources.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 import { readFile } from 'fs/promises'
 import * as path from 'path'
 
+const VERSION_REGEX = /^\d\.\d\.\d(-\w+)+$/
+
+export function stripCommit(version: string): string {
+  if (!VERSION_REGEX.test(version)) {
+    throw new Error('The version does not have expected format!')
+  }
+
+  // If the version contains commit ==> hash remove it
+  return version.replace(/(-\w+)+$/g, '')
+}
+
 async function searchPackageJson(): Promise<string | undefined> {
   const expectedPath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'package.json')
   const pkgJson = JSON.parse(await readFile(expectedPath, { encoding: 'utf8' }))