diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_deploy.yml
index c31c7ffb6..923fc6409 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_deploy.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
             pip install -r build_tools/build_requirements.txt &&
             pip install -r requirements.txt
           CIBW_BUILD: "${{ env.PYTHON_EXECUTABLE }}-*"
-          CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: CC=gcc
+          CIBW_ENVIRONMENT: CC=gcc GITHUB_REF=${{ env.GITHUB_REF }}
           CIBW_ENVIRONMENT_MACOS: PMD_MPL_BACKEND=TkAgg PYTHON_CROSSENV=true
           # No support for pypy or musl
           CIBW_SKIP: "pp* *-musllinux_*"
diff --git a/build_tools/get_tag.py b/build_tools/get_tag.py
index da8602ad1..a5c28c03f 100644
--- a/build_tools/get_tag.py
+++ b/build_tools/get_tag.py
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@ def get_version_from_tag(tag):
 
 # Local or non-tagged commit. setuptools requires a VERSION file, so just write a default one
 else:
+    print("Not a tagged commit or not on CI. Using default tag")
     with open(OUT_FILE, 'w') as f:
         f.write(DEFAULT_TAG)