diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b42ae97..d3c8bcc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ changelog:
 		sed -r "s|^([0-9a-f]{7,}) (.*)|* [\`\1\`](${GITHUB_COMMIT_URL}/\1) \2|"
 
 release: clean
-release: LAST_BUILD_NUMBER:=$(shell git tag --sort=creatordate | grep "^v${API_VERSION}\."  | tail -n1 | sed 's/^v.*\.//')
+release: LAST_BUILD_NUMBER:=$(shell git fetch --tags && git tag --sort=creatordate | grep "^v${API_VERSION}\."  | tail -n1 | sed 's/^v.*\.//')
 release: THIS_BUILD_NUMBER:=$(shell expr ${LAST_BUILD_NUMBER} + 1)
 release: THIS_RELEASE_NAME:=v${API_VERSION}.${THIS_BUILD_NUMBER}
 release: