diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8c0df2164..fa8d415af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # You have to check out your repo first.
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        with:
+          fetch-tags: true
       - uses: fischerscode/tagger@5ca3fa63ce3003fb7183cae547644b29f3b632be # v0.2.0
         with:
           prefix: v
-          tag: refs/tags/${{ needs.release-please.outputs.tag_name }}
+          tag: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.tag_name }}