diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index bb5cb1f7bc..e494f8d7e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup Node and dependencies
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node
@@ -51,7 +49,11 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GIT_TAG: v${{ steps.plan.outputs.version }}
         run: |
-          existing_commit="$(git rev-list -n 1 "$GIT_TAG" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          tag_ref="refs/tags/$GIT_TAG"
+          existing_commit="$(git ls-remote origin "$tag_ref^{}" | cut -f1)"
+          if [[ -z "$existing_commit" ]]; then
+            existing_commit="$(git ls-remote origin "$tag_ref" | cut -f1)"
+          fi
           if [[ -n "$existing_commit" && "$existing_commit" != "$GITHUB_SHA" ]]; then
             echo "$GIT_TAG already points to $existing_commit, not $GITHUB_SHA." >&2
             exit 1
@@ -79,8 +81,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Create Git tag
         env:
@@ -88,7 +88,11 @@ jobs:
           GIT_USER_EMAIL: ${{ github.actor_id }}+${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com
           GIT_USER_NAME: ${{ github.actor }}
         run: |
-          existing_commit="$(git rev-list -n 1 "$GIT_TAG" 2>/dev/null || true)"
+          tag_ref="refs/tags/$GIT_TAG"
+          existing_commit="$(git ls-remote origin "$tag_ref^{}" | cut -f1)"
+          if [[ -z "$existing_commit" ]]; then
+            existing_commit="$(git ls-remote origin "$tag_ref" | cut -f1)"
+          fi
           if [[ -z "$existing_commit" ]]; then
             git \
               -c user.name="$GIT_USER_NAME" \