diff --git a/scripts/createReleaseTarball b/scripts/createReleaseTarball
index 78396295c..ac71cb370 100755
--- a/scripts/createReleaseTarball
+++ b/scripts/createReleaseTarball
@@ -35,13 +35,14 @@ if [[ "$(node --version)" != "v8.9.3" ]]; then
 fi
 
 version=$(cd "${SOURCE_DIR}" && git rev-parse "HEAD")
+webadmin_version=$(cd "${SOURCE_DIR}/../webadmin" && git rev-parse "HEAD")
 bundle_dir=$(mktemp -d -t box 2>/dev/null || mktemp -d box-XXXXXXXXXX --tmpdir=$TMPDIR)
 [[ -z "$bundle_file" ]] && bundle_file="${TMPDIR}/box-${version}.tar.gz"
 
 chmod "o+rx,g+rx" "${bundle_dir}" # otherwise extracted tarball director won't be readable by others/group
-echo "Checking out code [${version}] into ${bundle_dir}"
+echo "Checking out code box version [${version}] and webadmin version [${webadmin_version}] into ${bundle_dir}"
 (cd "${SOURCE_DIR}" && git archive --format=tar ${version} | (cd "${bundle_dir}" && tar xf -))
-(cd "${SOURCE_DIR}/../webadmin" && git archive --format=tar ${version} | (cd "${bundle_dir}" && tar xf -))
+(cd "${SOURCE_DIR}/../webadmin" && git archive --format=tar ${webadmin_version} | (cd "${bundle_dir}" && tar xf -))
 
 if diff "${TMPDIR}/boxtarball.cache/package-lock.json.all" "${bundle_dir}/package-lock.json" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     echo "Reusing dev modules from cache"