diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build.yml b/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
index 886ddee350..9613fac78f 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Fetch latest tag (for git describe)
         run: |
-          latest_tag=$(git ls-remote --tags --sort=-v:refname origin 'refs/tags/v*' | head -n1 | awk '{print $2}')
+          latest_tag=$(git ls-remote --tags --sort=-v:refname origin 'refs/tags/v*' | grep -v '\^{}' | head -n1 | awk '{print $2}')
           if [ -n "$latest_tag" ]; then
             git fetch --no-recurse-submodules --force --depth=1 origin "+${latest_tag}:${latest_tag}"
           fi
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 1904aff212..d9a5033a34 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Fetch latest tag (for git describe)
         run: |
-          latest_tag=$(git ls-remote --tags --sort=-v:refname origin 'refs/tags/v*' | head -n1 | awk '{print $2}')
+          latest_tag=$(git ls-remote --tags --sort=-v:refname origin 'refs/tags/v*' | grep -v '\^{}' | head -n1 | awk '{print $2}')
           if [ -n "$latest_tag" ]; then
             git fetch --no-recurse-submodules --force --depth=1 origin "+${latest_tag}:${latest_tag}"
           fi