diff --git a/.github/actions/min-deps-install-dascore/action.yml b/.github/actions/min-deps-install-dascore/action.yml
index 2950af5b..28fa3bcc 100644
--- a/.github/actions/min-deps-install-dascore/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/min-deps-install-dascore/action.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ runs:
         python --version
 
     - name: get tags for correct versioning
+      shell: bash -el {0}
       run: |
         git fetch --tags --force