diff --git a/tools/substitutions.bzl b/tools/substitutions.bzl
index 098b511b1d6e..b2e3877138cd 100644
--- a/tools/substitutions.bzl
+++ b/tools/substitutions.bzl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ _stamp_substitutions = {
     "0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER": "{{STABLE_PROJECT_VERSION}}",
     "0.0.0-EXPERIMENTAL-PLACEHOLDER": "{{STABLE_PROJECT_EXPERIMENTAL_VERSION}}",
     # ---
-    "BUILD_SCM_HASH-PLACEHOLDER": "{BUILD_SCM_ABBREV_HASH}",
+    "BUILD_SCM_HASH-PLACEHOLDER": "{{BUILD_SCM_ABBREV_HASH}}",
     "0.0.0-ENGINES-NODE": RELEASE_ENGINES_NODE,
     "0.0.0-ENGINES-NPM": RELEASE_ENGINES_NPM,
     "0.0.0-ENGINES-YARN": RELEASE_ENGINES_YARN,