diff --git a/tools/cache-zulip-git-version b/tools/cache-zulip-git-version
index 671062c3e6..40bfbef314 100755
--- a/tools/cache-zulip-git-version
+++ b/tools/cache-zulip-git-version
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 set -e
 
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
-git describe --tags > zulip-git-version
+git describe --tags > zulip-git-version || true