diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2237625..bc50b57 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
-            # make sure that we checkou tags for git describe
-            fetch-depth: 0
+            ref: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v3