diff --git a/lib/database-upload.js b/lib/database-upload.js
index d5719f5d9c..f9f22f0abf 100644
--- a/lib/database-upload.js
+++ b/lib/database-upload.js
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ async function uploadDatabases(repositoryNwo, config, apiDetails, logger) {
             const bundledDb = await (0, util_1.bundleDb)(config, language, codeql, language);
             const bundledDbSize = fs.statSync(bundledDb).size;
             const bundledDbReadStream = fs.createReadStream(bundledDb);
-            const commitOid = actionsUtil.getCommitOid(actionsUtil.getRequiredInput("checkout_path"));
+            const commitOid = await actionsUtil.getCommitOid(actionsUtil.getRequiredInput("checkout_path"));
             try {
                 await client.request(`POST https://uploads.github.com/repos/:owner/:repo/code-scanning/codeql/databases/:language?name=:name?commit_oid=:commit_oid`, {
                     owner: repositoryNwo.owner,
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--- a/lib/database-upload.js.map
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diff --git a/src/database-upload.ts b/src/database-upload.ts
index ea916d6f38..af0359fcd6 100644
--- a/src/database-upload.ts
+++ b/src/database-upload.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export async function uploadDatabases(
       const bundledDb = await bundleDb(config, language, codeql, language);
       const bundledDbSize = fs.statSync(bundledDb).size;
       const bundledDbReadStream = fs.createReadStream(bundledDb);
-      const commitOid = actionsUtil.getCommitOid(
+      const commitOid = await actionsUtil.getCommitOid(
         actionsUtil.getRequiredInput("checkout_path"),
       );
       try {