diff --git a/hack/actions/build-and-push-release-images.sh b/hack/actions/build-and-push-release-images.sh
index e886776670c..2717eb806b9 100755
--- a/hack/actions/build-and-push-release-images.sh
+++ b/hack/actions/build-and-push-release-images.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ fi
 
 # Fetch all tags so we can check if the current tag
 # is the highest semver.
-git fetch --tags
+git fetch --tags --force
 
 HIGHEST_SEMVER_TAG=""