diff --git a/lib/cli/README.md b/lib/cli/README.md
index fe094bab8b..63d398b397 100644
--- a/lib/cli/README.md
+++ b/lib/cli/README.md
@@ -88,3 +88,18 @@ Update only js-api with a specific version
 ```bash
 adf-cli update-version --vjs "3.2.0-fa5916ff413131513c3e382d7f27dd9b4cfa0e7e" --pathPackage "$(pwd)"
 ```
+
+### Update commit sha
+
+This command allows you to update the commit sha as part of the package.json.
+Your package.json must to have an existing property called "commit"
+
+```bash
+adf-cli update-commit-sha --pathProject "$(pwd)"
+```
+
+You can use the option --pointer to chose a different pointer from the default HEAD.
+
+```bash
+adf-cli update-commit-sha --pointer "HEAD~1" --pathProject "$(pwd)"
+```
diff --git a/lib/cli/scripts/update-commit-sha.ts b/lib/cli/scripts/update-commit-sha.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d976f9f746
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cli/scripts/update-commit-sha.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+/*!
+ * @license
+ * Copyright 2019 Alfresco Software, Ltd.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { logging } from '@angular-devkit/core';
+import { spawnSync } from 'child_process';
+
+export interface CommitArgs {
+    pointer: string;
+    pathPackage: string;
+}
+
+function _exec(command: string, args: string[], opts: { cwd?: string }, logger: logging.Logger) {
+    if (process.platform.startsWith('win')) {
+        args.unshift('/c', command);
+        command = 'cmd.exe';
+    }
+
+    const { status, error, stderr, stdout } = spawnSync(command, args, { ...opts });
+
+    if (status !== 0) {
+        logger.error(`Command failed: ${command} ${args.map((x) => JSON.stringify(x)).join(', ')}`);
+        if (error) {
+            logger.error('Error: ' + (error ? error.message : 'undefined'));
+        } else {
+            logger.error(`STDERR:\n${stderr}`);
+        }
+        throw error;
+    } else {
+        return stdout.toString();
+    }
+}
+
+function _commitPerform(args: CommitArgs, logger: logging.Logger): string {
+    logger.info('Check commit sha...');
+    const gitPointer = args.pointer ? args.pointer : 'HEAD';
+    return _exec('git', [`rev-parse`, `${gitPointer}`], {}, logger).trim();
+}
+
+function _replacePerform(args: CommitArgs, sha: string, logger: logging.Logger) {
+    logger.info(`Replace commit ${sha} in package...`);
+    const sedRule = `s/\"commit\": \".*\"/\"commit\": \"${sha}\"/g`;
+    _exec('sed', [`-i`, `${sedRule}`, `${args.pathPackage}/package.json`], {}, logger);
+}
+
+export default async function (args: CommitArgs, logger: logging.Logger) {
+    const sha = _commitPerform(args, logger);
+    _replacePerform(args, sha, logger);
+}