diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml
index 54fc2fc..c76e2ce 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml
@@ -75,14 +75,32 @@ jobs:
           else
             echo "Latest tag is: $LATEST_TAG"
 
-            # Get ISO timestamp of the latest tag commit
-            LATEST_TAG_COMMIT_DATE=$(curl -sf -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
-              "$API_BASE/repos/$REPO_OWNER/$REPO_NAME/git/refs/tags/$LATEST_TAG" \
-              | jq -r '.[0].object.sha' \
-              | xargs -I{} curl -sf -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
-                "$API_BASE/repos/$REPO_OWNER/$REPO_NAME/git/commits/{}" \
+            # Step 1: Get the tag ref object
+            TAG_REF=$(curl -sf -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+              "$API_BASE/repos/$REPO_OWNER/$REPO_NAME/git/refs/tags/$LATEST_TAG")
+
+            # Extract the first .object.sha (if it's an array) or directly if it's an object
+            if echo "$TAG_REF" | jq -e 'type == "array"' >/dev/null; then
+              TAG_OBJECT_SHA=$(echo "$TAG_REF" | jq -r '.[0].object.sha')
+              TAG_OBJECT_TYPE=$(echo "$TAG_REF" | jq -r '.[0].object.type')
+            else
+              TAG_OBJECT_SHA=$(echo "$TAG_REF" | jq -r '.object.sha')
+              TAG_OBJECT_TYPE=$(echo "$TAG_REF" | jq -r '.object.type')
+            fi
+
+            # Step 2: If it's a tag object, resolve to commit
+            if [ "$TAG_OBJECT_TYPE" = "tag" ]; then
+              COMMIT_SHA=$(curl -sf -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+                "$API_BASE/repos/$REPO_OWNER/$REPO_NAME/git/tags/$TAG_OBJECT_SHA" \
+                | jq -r '.object.sha')
+            else
+              COMMIT_SHA=$TAG_OBJECT_SHA
+            fi
+
+            # Step 3: Get the commit date
+            COMMIT_DATE=$(curl -sf -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+              "$API_BASE/repos/$REPO_OWNER/$REPO_NAME/git/commits/$COMMIT_SHA" \
               | jq -r '.committer.date')
-            COMMIT_DATE="$LATEST_TAG_COMMIT_DATE"
             echo "Fetching closed issues since $COMMIT_DATE..."
 
             CLOSED_ISSUES_JSON=$(curl -sf -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \