diff --git a/ci_scripts/ci_post_clone.sh b/ci_scripts/ci_post_clone.sh
index 9d6cd1768..cc16eb3b0 100755
--- a/ci_scripts/ci_post_clone.sh
+++ b/ci_scripts/ci_post_clone.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 BASEDIR=$(dirname "$0")
 
+git=$(which git)
+
 "${BASEDIR}/../Scripts/extract_libraries.sh"
 
+"$git" -C "${BASEDIR}/.." fetch --tags
+
 "${BASEDIR}/../Scripts/genversion.sh"