diff --git a/.github/workflows/ibis-docs-main.yml b/.github/workflows/ibis-docs-main.yml
index 47eb31ba1f7e..9e64a9624ca8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ibis-docs-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ibis-docs-main.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: restore cache of the previously rendered notebooks
         uses: actions/cache/restore@v4