diff --git a/.github/workflows/mpremote.yml b/.github/workflows/mpremote.yml
index 3cfb9d47d3..14aef03e07 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mpremote.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mpremote.yml
@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
-        # Version is determined from git,
-        # should be deep enough to get to latest tag
-        fetch-depth: '1000'
-    - run: |
-        git fetch --prune --unshallow --tags
+        # Setting this to zero means fetch all history and tags,
+        # which hatch-vcs can use to discover the version tag.
+        fetch-depth: 0
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
     - name: Install build tools
       run: pip install build