diff --git a/.github/scripts/update_dependency_changes.py b/.github/scripts/update_dependency_changes.py
index 02ab623ff8..060e945486 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/update_dependency_changes.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/update_dependency_changes.py
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@ def normalize_version(version):
 
 
 def check_tag_exists(tag):
-    """Check if a git tag exists."""
+    """Check if a git tag exists on the remote."""
     result = subprocess.run(
-        ["git", "tag", "-l", tag],
+        ["git", "ls-remote", "--tags", "origin", tag],
         capture_output=True,
         text=True,
     )
-    return result.returncode == 0 and tag in result.stdout.strip().split("\n")
+    return result.returncode == 0 and result.stdout.strip() != ""
 
 
 def bump_patch_if_released(version, tag_exists_fn=None):
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nuget-packages-version-change-detector.yml b/.github/workflows/nuget-packages-version-change-detector.yml
index 4ed7fad8de..45dba3332b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nuget-packages-version-change-detector.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nuget-packages-version-change-detector.yml
@@ -44,10 +44,8 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
           fetch-depth: 1
 
-      - name: Fetch base branch and tags
-        run: |
-          git fetch origin ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}:refs/remotes/origin/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }} --depth=1
-          git fetch --tags origin
+      - name: Fetch base branch
+        run: git fetch origin ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}:refs/remotes/origin/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }} --depth=1
 
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with: