diff --git a/ci/build.sh b/ci/build.sh
index e82896c..8802139 100755
--- a/ci/build.sh
+++ b/ci/build.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ main() {
   # get latest tag (annotated or lightweight)
   git clone --depth=1 --filter=blob:none --tags "${COREDNS_REPO_URL}" "${COREDNS_DIR}"
   cd "${COREDNS_DIR}"
+  git fetch --tags
   LATEST_TAG="$(git tag --list --sort=-version:refname | head -n 1)"
   git fetch --tags --depth=1 origin "${LATEST_TAG}"
   git checkout "${LATEST_TAG}"