diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/release_publish.yml
index 9a0570d9..3664a928 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_publish.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
   # PyPI does not support reusable workflows yet
   # # See https://github.com/pypi/warehouse/issues/11096
   PublishToPyPI:
-    needs: Publish
+    needs: [TagRelease, Publish]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: release
     permissions:
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: release
+          ref: ${{ needs.TagRelease.outputs.tag }}
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5