diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 06e9652..a312e6a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Checkout the repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.ref_name}}
 
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: pynanomapper-dist
+          path: dist
 
       - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1