diff --git a/.github/workflows/deprecate_release.yml b/.github/workflows/deprecate_release.yml
index ffb42c582b..2e17dac6b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deprecate_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deprecate_release.yml
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ jobs:
       INPUT_SEARCHFORRELEASESTARTINGFROM: HEAD
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@f43a0e5ff2bd294095638e18286ca9a3d1956744 # version 3.6.0
+        with:
+          # fetch full history so that we can properly lookup past releases
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup_node
       - uses: ./.github/actions/restore_install_cache
       - name: Deprecate release versions
diff --git a/.github/workflows/restore_release.yml b/.github/workflows/restore_release.yml
index 04cee777c7..5e177d48e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/restore_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/restore_release.yml
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ jobs:
       INPUT_SEARCHFORRELEASESTARTINGFROM: HEAD
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@f43a0e5ff2bd294095638e18286ca9a3d1956744 # version 3.6.0
+        with:
+          # fetch full history so that we can properly lookup past releases
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup_node
       - uses: ./.github/actions/restore_install_cache
       - name: Restore release versions