diff --git a/generate_version.sh b/generate_version.sh
index d27812c..b013b71 100644
--- a/generate_version.sh
+++ b/generate_version.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 if git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    VERSION=$(git describe 2>/dev/null || git rev-parse --short HEAD || echo "v0.0.0-unknown")
+    VERSION=$(git describe --tags 2>/dev/null || git rev-parse --short HEAD || echo "v0.0.0-unknown")
     DIRTY=$(git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- || echo "-dirty")
     FULL_VERSION="${VERSION}${DIRTY}"
     echo "$FULL_VERSION"