diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index d93ee43..a2c070e 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@ cd $( dirname $0 )
 echo "Clean previous build..."
 rm -fr dist deb_dist
 
-echo "Detect version using git describe..."
-VERSION="$( git describe --tags --always )"
+echo "Fetch git tags..."
+git fetch --tags
 
-echo "Set version in setup.py using sed..."
+echo "Detect version using git describe..."
+VERSION="$( git describe --tags )"
+
+echo "Set version=$VERSION in setup.py using sed..."
 sed -i "s/^version *=.*$/version = '$VERSION'/" setup.py
 
 if [ -d venv ]