diff --git a/.github/actions/windows-installer/action.yml b/.github/actions/windows-installer/action.yml
index 051363e56..1431961e2 100644
--- a/.github/actions/windows-installer/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/windows-installer/action.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ runs:
           git
           autoconf
           automake-wrapper
+    - name: Fix missing tags
+      shell: msys2 {0}
+      run: |
+        git fetch --tags --force
     - name: Generate configure script
       shell: msys2 {0}
       run: bash autogen.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-packages.yml b/.github/workflows/release-packages.yml
index d832aae7f..bd87ba49d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-packages.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Fix missing tags
+        run: |
+          git fetch --tags --force
       - uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
         with:
           msystem: ${{matrix.sys}}
@@ -34,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Debugging for tags
         run: |
           git tag
-          git describe --long
+          git describe --tags --long
       - name: Build MSYS2 ${{matrix.sys}} package
         run: |
           cd contrib/msys2