diff --git a/scripts/common b/scripts/common
index e2969ad..a9d722d 100644
--- a/scripts/common
+++ b/scripts/common
@@ -83,6 +83,6 @@ export -f on_chroot
 
 update_issue() {
 	GIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-	echo -e "Raspberry Pi reference ${DATE}\nGenerated using pi-gen, https://github.com/RPi-Distro/pi-gen, ${GIT_HASH}, ${1}" > ${ROOTFS_DIR}/etc/rpi-issue
+	echo -e "Raspberry Pi reference ${IMG_DATE}\nGenerated using pi-gen, https://github.com/RPi-Distro/pi-gen, ${GIT_HASH}, ${1}" > ${ROOTFS_DIR}/etc/rpi-issue
 }
 export -f update_issue