diff --git a/.github/workflows/HDMF_dev.yaml b/.github/workflows/HDMF_dev.yaml
index 4500b792..1ecc4fde 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/HDMF_dev.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/HDMF_dev.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required to determine the version
       
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_release.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_release.yml
index bffde629..aeffa18e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_release.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required to determine the version
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_all_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_all_tests.yml
index 13a38d2b..129cdad8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_all_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_all_tests.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required to determine the version
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -103,6 +105,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required to determine the version
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -142,6 +146,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required to determine the version
 
       - name: Set up Conda
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
index 521995c1..0fd692c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required to determine the version
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -91,6 +93,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required to determine the version
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -126,6 +130,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required to determine the version
 
       - name: Set up Conda
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
@@ -175,6 +181,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # tags are required to determine the version
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5