diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index c28c669..0955fd6 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
           # Create the release for the pushed tag. The annotated tag's message
           # becomes the release description (empty for lightweight tags).
+          # Re-fetch the real tag object first: checkout creates the tag ref
+          # from the commit SHA, which silently discards the annotation.
+          git fetch --force --no-tags origin "refs/tags/${TAG}:refs/tags/${TAG}"
           body=$(git tag -l --format='%(contents)' "${TAG}")
           payload=$(jq -n --arg tag "${TAG}" --arg body "${body}" \
             '{tag_name: $tag, name: $tag, body: $body}')