diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi_release.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi_release.yml
index 6ef4db9f..51d539ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi_release.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for sigstore
 
     steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Download all the dists
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
       with:
diff --git a/roicat/__init__.py b/roicat/__init__.py
index c26c6d11..a0d4118b 100644
--- a/roicat/__init__.py
+++ b/roicat/__init__.py
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@
 for pkg in __all__:
     exec('from . import ' + pkg)
 
-__version__ = '1.1.20'
\ No newline at end of file
+__version__ = '1.1.21'
\ No newline at end of file