diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 7fca895..b199c49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -499,13 +499,23 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
+      # There is something strange with the github runners
+      # normally, `git for-each-ref refs/tags` will show annotated tags
+      # with a type of "tag" and lightweight with type "commit".
+      # But not in the github runner environment...
+      # So, instead of:
+      #    TAGTYPE=$(git cat-file -t $GITHUB_REF)
+      # We build a workaround
       - name: Get Tag Type
         run: |
-          TAGTYPE=$(git cat-file -t $GITHUB_REF)
+          git cat-file tag $GITHUB_REF
+          if $? -eq 0; then TAGTYPE=tag; else TAGTYPE=commit; fi
           echo "::set-output name=TAGTYPE::$TAGTYPE"
+
           echo ================Debug
           echo REF=$GITHUB_REF
           echo TAGTYPE=$TAGTYPE
+          echo ================
           echo git for-each-ref refs/tags
           git for-each-ref refs/tags
           echo ================