diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
index b650c4f7b95f..5a45a7dfaa6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Check version tag
       run: >-
-        git describe --always --dirty=-modded --abbrev=7
+        git describe --tags --always --dirty=-modded --abbrev=7
 
     - name: Setup Version
       env:
         WORKDIR: ${{ matrix.WORKDIR }}
       run: |
-        echo "VERSION=$(git describe --abbrev=0).post$(git describe --abbrev=1 | awk -F "-" '{print $2}')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "VERSION=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0).post$(git describe --tags --abbrev=1 | awk -F "-" '{print $2}')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Set up values
       id: set-values
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         echo "POETRY VERSION PUBLISH: $(poetry --version)"
         cd ${{ env.WORKDIR }}
-        export VERSION=$(git describe --abbrev=0)
+        export VERSION=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
         echo "Pyln VERSION: $VERSION"
         make upgrade-version NEW_VERSION=$VERSION
         python3 -m pip config set global.timeout 150
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d4551cf79b70..9ff384bff6d6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/bin/make
 
 # Extract version from git, or if we're from a zipfile, use dirname
-VERSION=$(shell git describe --always --dirty=-modded --abbrev=7 2>/dev/null || pwd | sed -n 's|.*/c\{0,1\}lightning-v\{0,1\}\([0-9a-f.rc\-]*\)$$|\1|gp')
+VERSION=$(shell git describe --tags --always --dirty=-modded --abbrev=7 2>/dev/null || pwd | sed -n 's|.*/c\{0,1\}lightning-v\{0,1\}\([0-9a-f.rc\-]*\)$$|\1|gp')
 
 # Next release.
 CLN_NEXT_VERSION := v24.08
diff --git a/tools/repro-build.sh b/tools/repro-build.sh
index 3b63127c16d5..6c346616c623 100755
--- a/tools/repro-build.sh
+++ b/tools/repro-build.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 PLATFORM="$OS"-"$VER"
-VERSION=${FORCE_VERSION:-$(git describe --always --dirty=-modded --abbrev=7 2>/dev/null || pwd | sed -n 's,.*/clightning-\(v[0-9.rc\-]*\)$,\1,p')}
+VERSION=${FORCE_VERSION:-$(git describe --tags --always --dirty=-modded --abbrev=7 2>/dev/null || pwd | sed -n 's,.*/clightning-\(v[0-9.rc\-]*\)$,\1,p')}
 
 # eg. ## [0.6.3] - 2019-01-09: "The Smallblock Conspiracy"
 # Skip 'v' here in $VERSION