diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 0f632fe087c324cde171b63cacf93db73f68e730..9ef9c164574bfe7ebcb4abbdd5561efbe97c12a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -281,7 +281,10 @@ jobs:
           yarn config set version-git-tag false
           npm config set scripts-prepend-node-path true
 
+      # full checkout for semantic-release
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Cache Yarn packages
         uses: actions/cache@v1