diff --git a/.github/workflows/python.yml b/.github/workflows/python.yml
index aa9e8324d6..5cdc1ead7d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+          fetch-tags: true
+          fetch-depth: 99999
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -32,7 +36,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build wheel
         working-directory: ./photon-lib/py
         run: |
-          git fetch --tags --force
           python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
 
       - name: Run Unit Tests
diff --git a/photon-lib/py/setup.py b/photon-lib/py/setup.py
index d53450c03e..28f712c36b 100644
--- a/photon-lib/py/setup.py
+++ b/photon-lib/py/setup.py
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
 # which should be PEP440 compliant
 if m:
     versionString = m.group(0)
-    print(f"Building version {versionString}")
 else:
     print("Warning, no valid version found")
-    versionString = "0.0.0"
+    versionString = gitDescribeResult
+
+print(f"Building version {versionString}")
+
 
 descriptionStr = f"""
 Pure-python implementation of PhotonLib for interfacing with PhotonVision on coprocessors.