diff --git a/version.sh b/version.sh
index 8010b1f63b8..1faabaabfc5 100755
--- a/version.sh
+++ b/version.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ elif ! [ -x "$(command -v git)" ] || ! [ -d .git ]; then
 	# git is not installed, or not in a git repo
     echo '0-unknown-version'
 else
+	# fetch all tags silently
+	git fetch --tags --quiet > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
 	# get human readable commit id from git
 	git describe --tags --always --dirty | sed 's/^v//'
 fi