diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 68681f3b..1f0f8293 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: fetch tags
-      run: git fetch --unshallow --tags --prune
+      run: git fetch --unshallow --tags --prune || true
     - name: make check
       run: make --keep-going all && MALLOC_CHECK_=7 MALLOC_PERTURB_=42 make --keep-going check
       shell: bash