diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 7412e4b4..3da96eb0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
             wine32
     - name: Unshallow Git clone
       run: |
-        git fetch --tags --unshallow origin  # for "git describe" in coverage.sh
+        git fetch --force --tags --unshallow origin  # for "git describe" in coverage.sh
     - name: Collect test coverage
       env:
         MODE: coverage-sh