diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7fa313d5ea6f52e4cf6e01fd2c72f859b75797ad..9435c58f97db2e678d229d237e299b4bf7b9b791 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
+          # We need to fetch tags so that `script/draft-release-notes`
+          # is able to diff between the current and previous tag.
+          fetch-tags: true
           clean: false
           submodules: "recursive"