diff --git a/internal/utils/utils.go b/internal/utils/utils.go
index 3c2a877930..e794e05f1f 100644
--- a/internal/utils/utils.go
+++ b/internal/utils/utils.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -501,6 +502,13 @@ func getBucketSearchNextPageParam(jsonParsed *gabs.Container) string {
 	return "&pageToken=" + nextPageToken
 }
 
+// IsCommit returns true if the string matches commit format
+func IsCommit(s string) bool {
+	re := regexp.MustCompile(`\b[0-9a-f]{5,40}\b`)
+
+	return re.MatchString(s)
+}
+
 func processBucketSearchPage(jsonParsed *gabs.Container, currentPage int, bucket string, prefix string, object string) (string, error) {
 	items := jsonParsed.Path("items").Children()
 
diff --git a/internal/utils/utils_test.go b/internal/utils/utils_test.go
index 9516ef75d5..e897ebbba4 100644
--- a/internal/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/internal/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -313,6 +313,22 @@ func TestGetGCPBucketCoordinates_Snapshots(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestIsCommit(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("Returns true with commits", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.True(t, IsCommit("abcdef1234"))
+		assert.True(t, IsCommit("a12345"))
+		assert.True(t, IsCommit("abcdef1"))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Returns false with non-commits", func(t *testing.T) {
+		assert.False(t, IsCommit("master"))
+		assert.False(t, IsCommit("7.x"))
+		assert.False(t, IsCommit("7.12.x"))
+		assert.False(t, IsCommit("7.11.x"))
+		assert.False(t, IsCommit("pr12345"))
+	})
+}
+
 func TestProcessBucketSearchPage_CommitFound(t *testing.T) {
 	// retrieving last element in commits.json
 	object := "024b732844d40bdb2bf806480af2b03fcb8fbdbe/elastic-agent/elastic-agent-8.0.0-SNAPSHOT-darwin-x86_64.tar.gz"