diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f6f714ea52b10..b24f8380d73d8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -584,11 +584,11 @@ build-linux-subkey:                &build-subkey
     - cd ./bin/utils/subkey
     - SKIP_WASM_BUILD=1 time cargo build --release --verbose
     - cd -
-    - mv ./target/release/subkey ./artifacts/subkey/.
-    - echo -n "Subkey version = "
-    - ./artifacts/subkey/subkey --version |
-        sed -n -E 's/^subkey ([0-9.]+.*)/\1/p' |
-          tee ./artifacts/subkey/VERSION;
+    - mv ./target/release/subkey ./artifacts/subkey/
+    # TODO: return 'subkey --version' after https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/issues/10852
+    - export SUBKEY_VERSION=$(cat ./bin/utils/subkey/Cargo.toml | sed -n "/package]/,/^$/p" | grep version | awk '{print $3}' | tr -d '"')
+    - echo "Subkey version = $SUBKEY_VERSION"
+    - echo $SUBKEY_VERSION > ./artifacts/subkey/VERSION;
     - sha256sum ./artifacts/subkey/subkey | tee ./artifacts/subkey/subkey.sha256
     - cp -r .maintain/docker/subkey.Dockerfile ./artifacts/subkey/
     - sccache -s