diff --git a/.github/workflows/distribute_package.yml b/.github/workflows/distribute_package.yml
index 10f146e..6fe9eab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/distribute_package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/distribute_package.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           # We need quite a deep fetch so that we get the versioning right 
-          fetch-depth: 500 
+          fetch-depth: 500
+          fetch-tags: true
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
@@ -92,7 +93,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           # We need quite a deep fetch so that we get the versioning right 
-          fetch-depth: 500 
+          fetch-depth: 500
+          fetch-tags: true
 
       - name: Build sdist
         run: pipx run build --sdist