diff --git a/contrib/source-control-tools/automated-commits.sh b/contrib/source-control-tools/automated-commits.sh
--- a/contrib/source-control-tools/automated-commits.sh
+++ b/contrib/source-control-tools/automated-commits.sh
@@ -95,15 +95,22 @@
 version_less() {
   ! version_greater_equal "$1" "$2"
 }
+get_current_version() {
+  # Get the current version of the software
+  "${DEVTOOLS_DIR}"/build_cmake.sh --no-build
+  pushd "$BUILD_DIR"
+  CURRENT_VERSION="$(ninja print-version | grep -E '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$')"
+  popd
+
+  echo "${CURRENT_VERSION}"
+}
 
 # Common script to update the AUR packages.
 # Usage: update-aur-version <package_name>
 update-aur-version() {
   PACKAGE="$1"
 
-  # Get the current version of the software
-  "${DEVTOOLS_DIR}"/build_cmake.sh --no-build
-  CURRENT_VERSION="$(ninja print-version | grep -E '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$')"
+  CURRENT_VERSION="$(get_current_version)"
 
   # Get the current version of the AUR package
   PKGBUILD="${TOPLEVEL}"/contrib/aur/${PACKAGE}/PKGBUILD
@@ -135,8 +142,7 @@
     RELEASE_NOTES_VERSION=$(sed -n "1s/^Bitcoin ABC version \([0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\).\+$/\1/p" "${RELEASE_NOTES_FILE}")
     RELEASE_NOTES_ARCHIVE="${TOPLEVEL}/doc/release-notes/release-notes-${RELEASE_NOTES_VERSION}.md"
 
-    "${DEVTOOLS_DIR}"/build_cmake.sh --no-build
-    CURRENT_VERSION="$(ninja print-version | grep -E '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$')"
+    CURRENT_VERSION="$(get_current_version)"
 
     # Compare the versions. We only want to archive the release notes if the
     # current version is greater the our release notes version.