diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index eaedb1e8f..f8969d9ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ jobs:
     needs: build
 
     steps:
+    
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
       - name: Download build artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -96,11 +102,6 @@ jobs:
             throw "Version number could not be extracted from file name: $($file.Name)"
           }
         shell: pwsh
-
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
    
       - name: Create tag
         run: |