1 file changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7269512..12226f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
           submodules: recursive
+          # Tags let git describe stamp the exact release version into
+          # the binary rather than the Makefile fallback.
+          fetch-tags: true
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Install build dependencies
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update