diff --git a/.github/workflows/_build.yaml b/.github/workflows/_build.yaml
index 04d4878..387a8c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_build.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ jobs:
             pypi.org:443
 
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # IMPORTANT: otherwise the current tag does not get fetched and the build version gets worse
 
       - name: Set up Python ${{ inputs.python-version }}
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5