diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index ae9dccce9d..307096ef33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ env:
   CARGO_NET_RETRY: 10
   RUSTFLAGS: "-D warnings -W unreachable-pub"
   RUSTUP_MAX_RETRIES: 10
-  FETCH_DEPTH: 200
+  FETCH_DEPTH: 0 # pull in the tags for the version string
 
 jobs:
   dist-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc: