diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark_pipeline_times.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark_pipeline_times.yml
index cb412995d..aa4e08595 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark_pipeline_times.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark_pipeline_times.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ jobs:
           - { target: "parallel", nthreads: 4 } # each free ubuntu-latest runner provides 4 cpus
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-tags: true
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
index f04dfa61f..df5158ee7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      with:
+        fetch-tags: true
     - name: Set up Python 3.14
       uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index fb858e4d4..907d0183d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      with:
+        fetch-tags: true
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index cfeb91b50..136dfe42a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_docker.yml b/.github/workflows/release_docker.yml
index a50754750..7f88fd364 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_docker.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-tags: true
       # Uses the `docker/login-action` action to log in to the Container registry using the account and password that will publish the packages. Once published, the packages are scoped to the account defined here.
       - name: Docker Login
         uses: docker/login-action@v4.2.0