diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_versions.py b/.github/workflows/check_versions.py
index c34ba1bb..8ac68501 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_versions.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_versions.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def extract_version(file_path):
 current_version_info = semver.VersionInfo.parse(current_version)
 
 # Get the latest git tag
+subprocess.run(['git', 'fetch', '--tags'])
 result = subprocess.run(['git', 'describe', '--tags', '--abbrev=0'], capture_output=True, text=True)
 latest_tag = result.stdout.strip()
 latest_tag = latest_tag.lstrip('v')