diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/python-build-test.yml
index 062f153a..34fc4013 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-build-test.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Check out from Git
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Get history and tags for SCM versioning to work
+      run: |
+        git fetch --prune --unshallow
+        git fetch --depth=1 origin +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*      
     - name: Set up Python 3.10
       uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with: