diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-automation.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-automation.yaml
index 3d0f15a8..7fb381ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-automation.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-automation.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
           cache: false
+      - name: Fetch tags # See https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/2041
+        run: git fetch --tags
       - name: 'Echo RELEASE_TAG ENV'
         run: echo ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
       - name: Setup variables and release directories