diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index de8fb13e405173b3af0725780671d042a03fe5ce..4a63721a40fa444810c5b39c0ba28718e360305b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ build-api-1.4:
       - release-v1.4
   script:
     - apk add bash git maven
-    - git fetch
+    - git fetch --tags
     - git checkout v1.4.0
     - bash .docs/.swagger/swagger-site.sh
     - find ./site -type f -exec sed -i -e "s/__APPVERSION__/1.4.0/g" {} \;
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ docs-1.4:
       - release-v1.4
   script:
     - apt-get update && apt-get install -y git make sed wget
-    - git fetch
+    - git fetch --tags
     - git checkout v1.4.0
     - pip install -r ./requirements.txt
     - wget https://gitlab.phaidra.org/fair-data-austria-db-repository/fda-services/-/raw/dev/.docs/overrides/main.html -O .docs/overrides/main.html -q