diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6d9e132..2237625 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+            # make sure that we checkou tags for git describe
+            fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3