diff --git a/.github/actions/javascript/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/index.js b/.github/actions/javascript/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/index.js
index a4ebf20428fe..5fcd41200f47 100644
--- a/.github/actions/javascript/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/javascript/createOrUpdateStagingDeploy/index.js
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ const sanitizeStringForJSONParse = __nccwpck_require__(9338);
 /**
  * @param {String} tag
  */
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
 function fetchTagIfNeeded(tag) {
     try {
         console.log(`Checking if tag ${tag} exists locally`);
@@ -249,8 +250,10 @@ function fetchTagIfNeeded(tag) {
  * @returns {Promise<Array<Object<{commit: String, subject: String, authorName: String}>>>}
  */
 function getCommitHistoryAsJSON(fromTag, toTag) {
-    fetchTagIfNeeded(fromTag);
-    fetchTagIfNeeded(toTag);
+    // fetchTagIfNeeded(fromTag);
+    // fetchTagIfNeeded(toTag);
+    // Note: this is a temporary measure until we can figure out a faster way to fetch only what's needed
+    execSync('git fetch --all --tags');
 
     console.log('Getting pull requests merged between the following tags:', fromTag, toTag);
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
diff --git a/.github/actions/javascript/getDeployPullRequestList/index.js b/.github/actions/javascript/getDeployPullRequestList/index.js
index ba7ddfb49054..2d3b51f58f2e 100644
--- a/.github/actions/javascript/getDeployPullRequestList/index.js
+++ b/.github/actions/javascript/getDeployPullRequestList/index.js
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ const sanitizeStringForJSONParse = __nccwpck_require__(9338);
 /**
  * @param {String} tag
  */
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
 function fetchTagIfNeeded(tag) {
     try {
         console.log(`Checking if tag ${tag} exists locally`);
@@ -183,8 +184,10 @@ function fetchTagIfNeeded(tag) {
  * @returns {Promise<Array<Object<{commit: String, subject: String, authorName: String}>>>}
  */
 function getCommitHistoryAsJSON(fromTag, toTag) {
-    fetchTagIfNeeded(fromTag);
-    fetchTagIfNeeded(toTag);
+    // fetchTagIfNeeded(fromTag);
+    // fetchTagIfNeeded(toTag);
+    // Note: this is a temporary measure until we can figure out a faster way to fetch only what's needed
+    execSync('git fetch --all --tags');
 
     console.log('Getting pull requests merged between the following tags:', fromTag, toTag);
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
diff --git a/.github/libs/GitUtils.js b/.github/libs/GitUtils.js
index e7b062dd5df6..af76465e5b1e 100644
--- a/.github/libs/GitUtils.js
+++ b/.github/libs/GitUtils.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const sanitizeStringForJSONParse = require('./sanitizeStringForJSONParse');
 /**
  * @param {String} tag
  */
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
 function fetchTagIfNeeded(tag) {
     try {
         console.log(`Checking if tag ${tag} exists locally`);
@@ -35,8 +36,10 @@ function fetchTagIfNeeded(tag) {
  * @returns {Promise<Array<Object<{commit: String, subject: String, authorName: String}>>>}
  */
 function getCommitHistoryAsJSON(fromTag, toTag) {
-    fetchTagIfNeeded(fromTag);
-    fetchTagIfNeeded(toTag);
+    // fetchTagIfNeeded(fromTag);
+    // fetchTagIfNeeded(toTag);
+    // Note: this is a temporary measure until we can figure out a faster way to fetch only what's needed
+    execSync('git fetch --all --tags');
 
     console.log('Getting pull requests merged between the following tags:', fromTag, toTag);
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {