diff --git a/cli/cumulusci.py b/cli/cumulusci.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/cli/cumulusci.py
+++ b/cli/cumulusci.py
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ def beta_deploy(config, tag, commit, run_tests, retries):
 
     package_version = tag.replace(config.prefix_beta,'').replace('-',' ').replace('Beta','(Beta').replace('_',' ') + ')'
 
-    args = [config.commit, package_version, '--no-exit']
+    args = [commit, package_version, '--no-exit']
     if run_tests:
         args.append('--run-tests')
Don't use config.commit, use commit arg instead