diff --git a/.github/workflows/distribute_package.yml b/.github/workflows/distribute_package.yml
index 901a235..d2694d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/distribute_package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/distribute_package.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+          # We need quite a deep fetch so that we get the versioning right 
+          fetch-depth: 500 
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
@@ -87,6 +89,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+          # We need quite a deep fetch so that we get the versioning right 
+          fetch-depth: 500 
 
       - name: Build sdist
         run: pipx run build --sdist