diff --git a/src/commands/build/upload.rs b/src/commands/build/upload.rs
index 2057aca0e6..923dda5f48 100644
--- a/src/commands/build/upload.rs
+++ b/src/commands/build/upload.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ pub fn execute(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Result<()> {
         .get_one("head_sha")
         .map(String::as_str)
         .map(Cow::Borrowed)
-        .or_else(|| vcs::find_head().ok().map(Cow::Owned));
+        .or_else(|| vcs::find_head_sha().ok().map(Cow::Owned));
 
     let cached_remote = config.get_cached_vcs_remote();
     // Try to open the git repository and find the remote, but handle errors gracefully.
diff --git a/src/utils/releases.rs b/src/utils/releases.rs
index a37b97a69f..6d062ab9d2 100644
--- a/src/utils/releases.rs
+++ b/src/utils/releases.rs
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ pub fn detect_release_name() -> Result<String> {
         }
     }
 
-    match vcs::find_head() {
+    // finally try the git sha
+    match vcs::find_head_sha() {
         Ok(head) => Ok(head),
         Err(e) => Err(anyhow!(
             "Could not automatically determine release name:\n\t {e} \n\n\
diff --git a/src/utils/vcs.rs b/src/utils/vcs.rs
index a8c042250b..1c52678141 100644
--- a/src/utils/vcs.rs
+++ b/src/utils/vcs.rs
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ fn find_matching_revs(
     Ok((prev_rev, rev))
 }
 
-pub fn find_head() -> Result<String> {
+pub fn find_head_sha() -> Result<String> {
     if let Some(pr_head_sha) = std::env::var("GITHUB_EVENT_PATH")
         .ok()
         .and_then(|event_path| std::fs::read_to_string(event_path).ok())
@@ -1678,7 +1678,7 @@ mod tests {
         fs::write(&event_file, pr_json).expect("Failed to write event file");
 
         std::env::set_var("GITHUB_EVENT_PATH", event_file.to_str().unwrap());
-        let result = find_head();
+        let result = find_head_sha();
         std::env::remove_var("GITHUB_EVENT_PATH");
 
         assert!(result.is_ok());