diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index afbd6e2..5bc689b 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pipeline:
         image: registry.gitlab.com/dmoonfire/nix-flake-docker:latest
         commands:
             - export DRONE="true" # Required to convince `env-ci` that it is a known CI
+            - git branch $DRONE_BRANCH origin/$DRONE_BRANCH # semantic-release needs this locally
             - git branch -a
             - git tag --merged main
             - nix develop --command scripts/release.sh