diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index dcac3e308..99d7cafdf 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -43,12 +43,7 @@ Only appointed team members may release versions.
   - `poetry version N.N.N`
 2. Review. Commit. Push.
 3. Create release and tag on GitHub.
-4. Annotate Github's tag:\
-  `bin/annotate-tag.sh vN.N.N`\
-  (where `N.N.N` is the version tag)
-5. Overwrite remote tag with annotated one:\
-  `git push --tags --force`
-6. [Build & Deploy](../README.md#build--deploy-project) `main` branch.[^1]
+4. [Build & Deploy](../README.md#build--deploy-project) `main` branch.[^1]
 
 [^1]: So that new CMS image is tagged `latest` and `vN.N.N`.
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 04ac8de0e..e023fb43a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ DOCKER_COMPOSE_CMD := $(shell if command -v docker-compose > /dev/null; then ech
 # NOTE: Special characters in `DOCKER_IMAGE_BRANCH` are replaced with dashes.
 DOCKER_IMAGE_BRANCH := $(DOCKERHUB_REPO):$(shell git describe --exact-match --tags 2> /dev/null || git symbolic-ref --short HEAD | sed 's/[^[:alnum:]\.\_\-]/-/g')
 
-BUILD_ID := $(shell git describe --always)
+BUILD_ID := $(shell git describe --tags)
 
 .PHONY: build
 build:
diff --git a/bin/annotate-tag.sh b/bin/annotate-tag.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4538a92c7..000000000
--- a/bin/annotate-tag.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Annotate a tag from Github
-# FAQ: Github releases create annotated (not lightweight) tags
-# SEE: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/4924
-
-# Whether string is a valid SemVer version
-is_valid_semver() {
-  local version=$1
-  # SemVer regex pattern (simplified for illustration)
-  local semver_pattern="^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[0-9A-Za-z-]+(\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*)?$"
-  [[ $version =~ $semver_pattern ]]
-}
-
-# Is argument (string) provided?
-if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
-  echo "Usage: $0 <version_string>"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# Capture arguments
-version_string=$1
-
-# Is string a valid SemVer version?
-if ! is_valid_semver "$version_string"; then
-  echo "Error: Invalid SemVer format. Please provide a valid version string like '3.11.6' or 'v3.12.0-beta.3' or 'v3.6.0-8-gd1dbcab'."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# Annotate the tag
-git pull
-git checkout "$version_string"
-git tag -d "$version_string"
-git tag -a "$version_string" -m "chore: $version_string"
-
-# Report success
-echo "Annotated tag \"$version_string\"."
diff --git a/bin/build-css.js b/bin/build-css.js
index 9b4efb545..37fedea3a 100755
--- a/bin/build-css.js
+++ b/bin/build-css.js
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 
 const buildStylesheets = require('@tacc/core-styles').buildStylesheets;
 const mininmist = require('minimist');
+const gitDescribe = require('./git-describe');
 
 const ROOT = __dirname + '/..';
 const ARGS = mininmist( process.argv.slice( 2 ) );
-const BUILD_ID = ARGS['build-id'] || '';
+const BUILD_ID = ARGS['build-id'] || gitDescribe();
 
 /** Build stylesheets */
 (() => {
diff --git a/bin/git-describe.js b/bin/git-describe.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bde0bcc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/git-describe.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/** Get tag-based description from Git */
+function gitDescribe() {
+  const { execSync } = require('child_process');
+
+  let gitDescribe = undefined;
+
+  try {
+    gitDescribe = execSync('git describe --tags', { encoding: 'utf8' }).trim();
+    console.log('Output from `git describe`:', gitDescribe);
+  } catch (error) {
+    console.error('Error running `git describe`:', error.message);
+  }
+
+  return gitDescribe;
+}
+
+module.exports = gitDescribe;