diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-git-branches.yml b/.github/workflows/check-git-branches.yml
index 311869d1b1..9898b6c76e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-git-branches.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-git-branches.yml
@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@ on:
 jobs:
   get_release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    needs: matrix_prep
     outputs:
       output1: ${{ steps.step2.outputs.latest_release }}
     steps:
       - name: Check out repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Fetch all branches
-        run: git fetch --all
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Set output variable to latest release branch
         id: step2
         run: echo "latest_release=$(git branch -r | grep -E 'release/v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' | tail -n 1 | sed 's/  origin\///')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
   check-merge-master:
     name: Check that the release branch merges into master
+    needs: get_release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo