diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index 5b01ac30..1d29a855 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -29,23 +29,18 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
 
       - name: Compute version from commits like release please   
         id: tag
         run: |
-          # ── Find latest stable tag reachable from HEAD ──
-          LATEST_TAG=""
-          for t in $(git tag -l 'v[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*' --sort=-version:refname | grep -v '-'); do
-            if git merge-base --is-ancestor "$t" HEAD 2>/dev/null; then
-              LATEST_TAG="$t"; break
-            fi
-          done
+          LATEST_TAG=$(git tag -l 'v[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*' --sort=-version:refname | grep -v '-' | head -1)
           if [ -z "$LATEST_TAG" ]; then
-            echo "::error::No stable release tag found in branch history"
+            echo "::error::No stable release tag found"
             exit 1
           fi
           LATEST_VERSION="${LATEST_TAG#v}"
-          echo "Latest ancestor release: $LATEST_TAG"
+          echo "Latest release: $LATEST_TAG"
 
           # ── Analyse conventional commits since that tag ──
           COMMITS=$(git log "${LATEST_TAG}..HEAD" --format="%s")