diff --git a/apps/web/app/version/route.ts b/apps/web/app/version/route.ts
index 2237ea8b0..b4874ba27 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/version/route.ts
+++ b/apps/web/app/version/route.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,19 @@ function getGitHash() {
 }
 
 async function getHashFromProcess() {
+  // avoid calling a Node.js command in the edge runtime
+  if (process.env.NEXT_RUNTIME !== 'nodejs') {
+    console.log(`[INFO] Could not find git hash in environment variables. Falling back to git command. Supply a known git hash environment variable to avoid this warning.`)
+
+    return;
+  }
+
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'development') {
+    console.warn(
+      `[WARN] Could not find git hash in environment variables. Falling back to git command. Supply a known git hash environment variable to avoid this warning.`,
+    );
+  }
+
   const { execSync } = await import('child_process');
 
   return execSync('git log --pretty=format:"%h" -n1').toString().trim();