diff --git a/xCAT-buildkit/bin/buildkit b/xCAT-buildkit/bin/buildkit
index 162b71ca4..d058c0e81 100755
--- a/xCAT-buildkit/bin/buildkit
+++ b/xCAT-buildkit/bin/buildkit
@@ -364,7 +364,8 @@ if ($::VERSION)
     my $versioncmd = "rpm -q --qf \"%{NAME}:  %{VERSION}-%{RELEASE} \n\" xCAT-buildkit";
     my $message = "Error quering xCAT-buildkit rpm.  Version info is not available. \n";
     if ( $debianflag ){
-        $versioncmd = "dpkg-query --show -f='\${PackageSpec}: \${Version}\n' xcat-buildkit";
+
+        $versioncmd = "dpkg-query --show -f='\${binary:Package}:  \${Version}\n' xcat-buildkit";
         $message = "Error quering xcat-buildkit package. Version info is not available. \n";
     }
     if ( system($versioncmd) ) {