diff --git a/crates/notary/server/Cargo.toml b/crates/notary/server/Cargo.toml
index cdb1e3999..bbee39e87 100644
--- a/crates/notary/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/notary/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,3 +45,7 @@ tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true, features = ["env-filter"] }
 uuid = { workspace = true, features = ["v4", "fast-rng"] }
 ws_stream_tungstenite = { workspace = true, features = ["tokio_io"] }
 zeroize = { workspace = true }
+
+[build-dependencies]
+git2 = "0.19.0"
+chrono.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/notary/server/build.rs b/crates/notary/server/build.rs
index 15833ad97..6f97204af 100644
--- a/crates/notary/server/build.rs
+++ b/crates/notary/server/build.rs
@@ -1,25 +1,55 @@
-use std::{env, process::Command};
+use chrono::DateTime;
+use git2::{Commit, Repository, StatusOptions};
+use std::{env, error::Error};
 
-fn main() {
-    if env::var("GIT_COMMIT_HASH").is_err() || env::var("GIT_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP").is_err() {
-        // Used to extract latest HEAD commit hash and timestamp for the /info endpoint
-        let output = Command::new("git")
-            .args(["show", "HEAD", "-s", "--format=%H,%cI"])
-            .output()
-            .expect(
-                "Git command to get commit hash and timestamp should work during build process",
-            );
+fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
+    if env::var("GIT_COMMIT_HASH").is_err() {
+        match get_commithash_with_dirty_suffix() {
+            Ok(commit_hash_with_suffix) => {
+                // Pass value as env var to the notary server
+                println!("cargo:rustc-env=GIT_COMMIT_HASH={commit_hash_with_suffix}");
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                eprintln!("Failed to get commit hash in notary server build");
+                eprintln!("Fix the error or configure GIT_COMMIT_HASH as environment variable");
+                return Err(e.message().into());
+            }
+        };
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
 
-        let output_string = String::from_utf8(output.stdout)
-            .expect("Git command should produce valid string output");
+fn get_commithash_with_dirty_suffix() -> Result<String, git2::Error> {
+    let repo = Repository::discover(".")?;
+    let commit = get_commit(&repo)?;
+    let commit_hash = commit.id().to_string();
+    let _timestamp = get_commit_timestamp(&commit)?;
+    let has_changes = check_local_changes(&repo)?;
 
-        let (commit_hash, commit_timestamp) = output_string
-            .as_str()
-            .split_once(',')
-            .expect("Git commit hash and timestamp string output should be comma separated");
-
-        // Pass these 2 values as env var to the program
-        println!("cargo:rustc-env=GIT_COMMIT_HASH={}", commit_hash);
-        println!("cargo:rustc-env=GIT_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP={}", commit_timestamp);
+    if has_changes {
+        Ok(format!("{commit_hash} (with local changes)"))
+    } else {
+        Ok(commit_hash)
     }
 }
+
+fn get_commit(repo: &Repository) -> Result<Commit, git2::Error> {
+    let head = repo.head()?;
+    head.peel_to_commit()
+}
+
+fn get_commit_timestamp(commit: &Commit) -> Result<String, git2::Error> {
+    let timestamp = commit.time().seconds();
+    let date_time = DateTime::from_timestamp(timestamp, 0)
+        .ok_or_else(|| git2::Error::from_str("Invalid timestamp"))?;
+    Ok(date_time.to_rfc2822())
+}
+
+fn check_local_changes(repo: &Repository) -> Result<bool, git2::Error> {
+    let mut status_options = StatusOptions::new();
+    status_options
+        .include_untracked(false)
+        .include_ignored(false);
+    let statuses = repo.statuses(Some(&mut status_options))?;
+    Ok(!statuses.is_empty())
+}
diff --git a/crates/notary/server/config/config.yaml b/crates/notary/server/config/config.yaml
index ac680e602..0ca36a02d 100644
--- a/crates/notary/server/config/config.yaml
+++ b/crates/notary/server/config/config.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ server:
     <h1>Notary Server {version}!</h1>
     <ul>
     <li>git commit hash: <a href="https://github.com/tlsnotary/tlsn/commit/{git_commit_hash}">{git_commit_hash}</a></li>
-    <li>git commit timestamp: {git_commit_timestamp}</li>
     <li>public key: <pre>{public_key}</pre></li>
     </ul>
     <a href="/healthcheck">health check</a> - <a href="/info">info</a><br/>
diff --git a/crates/notary/server/notary-server.Dockerfile.dockerignore b/crates/notary/server/notary-server.Dockerfile.dockerignore
index b9fe8dce6..07fcd1526 100644
--- a/crates/notary/server/notary-server.Dockerfile.dockerignore
+++ b/crates/notary/server/notary-server.Dockerfile.dockerignore
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
-# exclude everything
-*
-
-# include notary and core library dependencies
-!/crates
-!/Cargo.toml
-
-# include .git for program to get git info
-!/.git
-
-# exclude any /target folders inside the included folders above
-**/target*
+# exclude Rust build artifacts
+./target
+./crates/wasm/pkg/
+./crates/wasm-test-runner/static/generated/
diff --git a/crates/notary/server/openapi.yaml b/crates/notary/server/openapi.yaml
index 7044fbc61..680c5ecc5 100644
--- a/crates/notary/server/openapi.yaml
+++ b/crates/notary/server/openapi.yaml
@@ -203,11 +203,7 @@ components:
         gitCommitHash:
           description: The git commit hash of source code that this notary server is running
           type: string
-        gitCommitTimestamp:
-          description: The git commit timestamp of source code that this notary server is running
-          type: string
       required:
         - "version"
         - "publicKey"
         - "gitCommitHash"
-        - "gitCommitTimestamp"
diff --git a/crates/notary/server/src/domain.rs b/crates/notary/server/src/domain.rs
index 5485be620..407eb1a13 100644
--- a/crates/notary/server/src/domain.rs
+++ b/crates/notary/server/src/domain.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,4 @@ pub struct InfoResponse {
     pub public_key: String,
     /// Current git commit hash of notary-server
     pub git_commit_hash: String,
-    /// Current git commit timestamp of notary-server
-    pub git_commit_timestamp: String,
 }
diff --git a/crates/notary/server/src/server.rs b/crates/notary/server/src/server.rs
index 7006073fc..9b01900ad 100644
--- a/crates/notary/server/src/server.rs
+++ b/crates/notary/server/src/server.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ pub async fn run_server(config: &NotaryServerProperties) -> Result<(), NotarySer
         .map_err(|err| eyre!("Failed to load notary public signing key for notarization: {err}"))?;
     let version = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string();
     let git_commit_hash = env!("GIT_COMMIT_HASH").to_string();
-    let git_commit_timestamp = env!("GIT_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP").to_string();
 
     // Parameters needed for the root / endpoint
     let html_string = config.server.html_info.clone();
@@ -119,7 +118,6 @@ pub async fn run_server(config: &NotaryServerProperties) -> Result<(), NotarySer
         html_string
             .replace("{version}", &version)
             .replace("{git_commit_hash}", &git_commit_hash)
-            .replace("{git_commit_timestamp}", &git_commit_timestamp)
             .replace("{public_key}", &public_key),
     );
 
@@ -141,7 +139,6 @@ pub async fn run_server(config: &NotaryServerProperties) -> Result<(), NotarySer
                         version,
                         public_key,
                         git_commit_hash,
-                        git_commit_timestamp,
                     }),
                 )
                     .into_response()