diff --git a/src/tools/gitversion/tool.ts b/src/tools/gitversion/tool.ts
index 5cad7ac..796e33e 100644
--- a/src/tools/gitversion/tool.ts
+++ b/src/tools/gitversion/tool.ts
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ export class GitVersionTool extends DotnetTool implements IGitVersionTool {
     private getArguments(workDir: string, options: GitVersionSettings): string[] {
         const args = [
             workDir,
-            "/output",
-            "json", // need to use buildserver later
+            "/output", "json",
+            "/output", "buildserver",
         ];
 
         const {
@@ -117,4 +117,4 @@ export class GitVersionTool extends DotnetTool implements IGitVersionTool {
         this.buildAgent.setOutput("commitsSinceVersionSourcePadded", gitversion.CommitsSinceVersionSourcePadded);
         this.buildAgent.setOutput("commitDate", gitversion.CommitDate);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}