diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index be0fdb47f..7c4c3893a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        # fetch tags for cargo ws publish
+        # might be a simple `fetch-tags: true` option soon, see https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/579
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
     - name: Setup
       run: |
         git config user.name github-actions