diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 19d871a..affe9e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
-          ref: ${{ github.sha }} ## this seems to be required due to https://github.com/anothrNick/github-tag-action/issues/266
+          ref: ${{ github.sha }}
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Bump version and push tag
         id: version-bump