diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml
index 8865b4f..2a6fef7 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/release.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,13 @@ jobs:
             echo "Latest tag is: $LATEST_TAG"
 
             # Get ISO timestamp of the latest tag commit
-            COMMIT_DATE=$(git log -1 --format=%cI "$LATEST_TAG")
+            LATEST_TAG_COMMIT_DATE=$(curl -sf -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+              "$API_BASE/repos/$REPO_OWNER/$REPO_NAME/git/refs/tags/$LATEST_TAG" \
+              | jq -r '.object.sha' \
+              | xargs -I{} curl -sf -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+                "$API_BASE/repos/$REPO_OWNER/$REPO_NAME/git/commits/{}" \
+              | 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" \